Missouri Department of Corrections

Muslim men who were praying together in their housing unit at a Missouri prison were doused with pepper spray, and physically assaulted by corrections officers.

One Missouri House member thinks Missouri Prisons should stop serving a mystery bread called Nutraloaf because it's gross. That might be a good enough reason.

Six Missouri Department of Corrections officers and five law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2021 were honored

Tuesday night's City Council meeting led off with a financial presentation by Sedalia City Administrator Kelvin Shaw concerning tax revenue collections.

Cases that were resolved in the Circuit Court of Pettis County from March 9, through April 6

Missouri is moving ahead with plans to execute a convicted killer on May 19, unlike other states that have postponed executions

Ricky J. Richwine, 62, of Green Ridge, was sentenced Tuesday in the Circuit Court of Pettis County to the Department of Corrections

Shannon D. Watts, a 34-year-old inmate with the Missouri Department of Corrections who escaped from work detail Sunday at the Missouri State Fairgrounds, has been apprehended.

A Boy Scout volunteer has been charged with videotaping and photographing himself as he molested two children at his St. Louis County home.

A transgender inmate is suing the Missouri prison system for refusing to provide hormone therapy as she transitions to a woman, adding her voice to those of prisoners in other states who argue that denying such treatment amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.