A groundbreaking documentary — conceived, filmed, and produced entirely by inmates at the Utah State Prison — is giving the public an unprecedented look at life behind bars. The film “Breaking Chains” ...

The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in ...

The “mortality” of Missouri prisoners is not a performance standard for the state’s health care contractor, the MDOC director said this month.

Swiss writer-director Petra Volpe’s English-language debut is inspired by a California program in which incarcerated men are trained to care for elderly inmates with dementia.

CLEARFIELD — Justin Vincent Windows, 26, of Clearfield, pleaded guilty to felony strangulation and was sentenced to state prison by President Judge Paul E. Cherry Monday at Colloquy Court. Windows ...

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 ...

Whether inmates die while in state custody is not used to measure the performance of Missouri’s private prison health care contractor, the state’s top corrections official told lawmakers Wednesday.

The Missouri Department of Corrections is exploring new options and models to provide medical services in prisons across the state. Department Director Trevor Foley told a Corrections and Public ...

A Missouri man will spend 13 years in prison and pay the government $1.8 million after pleading guilty to abusing his uncle, a disabled Army veteran, hiding his body after the veteran’s death and then ...

Jared Hoy, Secretary of the Department of Corrections (DOC), appeared before the Assembly Committee on Corrections Wednesday morning to discuss a third-party study of DOC facilities, policies and ...

HOWELL COUNTY, Mo. — The Howell County Sheriff’s Office says four men were transported Monday to the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center to begin serving state prison sentences. Courtesy: Howell ...