After multiple overdoses, Bradley Ketcherside repeatedly applied for medically assisted treatment for his opioid use disorder while incarcerated at Crossroads Correctional Center. The first time, in ...

Honesty Bishop was attacked by her cellmate. Missouri prison officials deemed her sexually active and kept her in isolation for over six years. Honesty Bishop could hear the screams of other people in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trevor Foley, director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, testifies on the status of the state's contract for health care ...

When Alan Lancaster died in January 2023 at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, his family went looking for answers. The Missouri Department of Corrections recorded his death as an ...

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Inmates at a Missouri prison have filed a lawsuit claiming they're suffering from life-threatening extreme heat in their un-air-conditioned cells during the summer. The suit claims that the sweltering ...

FARMINGTON, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Corrections reports that two prisons in Farmington and Moberly were damaged from Monday’s severe storms. At the Farmington Correctional Center, hail caused ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri woman who spent more than a decade seeking answers after her brother died in state prison is now advocating for legislation that would create an independent ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri Department of Corrections of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it. After multiple overdoses, ...

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. In the foreground is Missouri's newest prison, the maximum-security Jefferson City ...