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The Missouri Department of Corrections had a $14 million budget allocation to install air conditioning at one of its intake facilities. It will take years for the project to be completed.

Without intervention from Gov. Mike Parson or the U.S. Supreme Court, Marcellus Williams will be executed Sept. 24.

The Department of Mental Health said the number of people waiting in jail to be transferred to psychiatric hospitals will continue to rise because inpatient beds are at capacity.

The California truck driver in the Monday crash on Interstate 70 that killed two people has been arrested after being charged with involuntary manslaughter.

A Missouri man is free after 34 years behind bars since his murder conviction was overturned despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there.

Sandra Hemme hugged family members after she was released Friday, following more than a month of legal wrangling.

Prison can be a lonely, violent place. But KBIA’s Rebecca Smith has the story of one program - or more specifically, one Missouri prison resident who’s changing the men around him.

Prisons can house offenders in county jails after they’re convicted for a cost. But counties say they’re spending more than what the state pays

Health care services in Missouri prisons are declining, according to a prison reform advocacy group. The nonprofit says providers are leaving, emergency care is getting denied and 66 residents have died this year.

Initial investigation indicated there were no signs of foul play, the Callaway County Sheriff's Office said.