There would be four legislators on the Corrections Oversight Committee and eight other members appointed by the governor.

An inmate at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron was charged on Thursday after he was accused of assaulting a corrections officer on May 11, 2023. Jaquan Brown, 27, was charged in Cole County ...

The Department of Corrections says fatalities are mainly due to natural causes and an aging population. Advocates say more ...

A Kansas City, Missouri, man and registered sex offender will spend more than 15 years in federal prison for child ...

Jessica D. Baird, is accused of having sex with a male prisoner on Oct. 21, 2024, when she worked at Tipton Correctional ...

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(KCTV) - Safety concerns caused a new Missouri sheriff to close a county ... electrical and lighting issues that have been reported. Inmates trying to escape the jail have damaged the building ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Criminal charges have been filed against a former corrections officer accused of sexually assaulting two inmates inside a state prison. An inmate came forward with video ...

An inmate at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking died early Saturday (Dec. 28) morning, the Missouri Department of Corrections reported. Robert Wallace, 35, was serving a 21-year ...

A former inmate at a Washington state women’s prison was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her hulking transgender cellmate — who was transferred to the prison after changing her gender ...