James Pointer’s life sentence in the Missouri Department of Corrections ended abruptly last week when he bled to death from an opening in his leg used to administer dialysis treatments. Pointer, 76, ...

On Nov. 5, 2024, Missouri voters approved Amendment 2, allowing retail sportsbooks and up to 14 online betting sites to operate in the Show Me State as early as June 2025. Bettors will soon gain ...

In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would become a months-long hunger strike. The collective action was designed to ...

And now, the nonprofit is celebrating a win with Missouri's Department of Correction's first ever prison nursery!

Missouri has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Health care in Missouri’s prisons is performed by Centurion Health under a contract, recently renegotiated, that pays the company $21.65 per day for each person in custody. The state will pay ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Men of various ages and nationalities sit silently in their cells in a Syrian prison. All are alleged ...

After being caught, Ramirez was convicted of 13 counts of murder, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 ...