Missourians expect their prisons to keep the public safe and to prepare incarcerated people to successfully re-enter society.

Tours of the Missouri State Penitentiary have started back up as the weather slowly warms. Visitors can see the historic ...

With the second half of the legislative season underway, the Missouri House of Representatives is looking to pass inmate ...

Workers started the demolition of the Missouri State Penitentiary a couple of weeks ago to make room for Jefferson City's ...

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(News-Press NOW) -- The Missouri House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would raise the daily reimbursement to county jails for housing inmates that will be transferred to state prisons.

The prison tour is modelled off of a similar tour in Missouri. About a year ago, a state lawmaker approached the Lansing Historical Society and Museum with the idea of preserving the prison by ...

Stephi Smith/News Tribune Bob Priddy, trustee and former president of the State Historical Society of Missouri, is requesting ...