An Missouri woman who was tried in three killings before disappearing from a prison in Mexico has died in Canada, where she ...

Five incarcerated women at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center in Vandalia were chosen to act as ...

Pregnant women who are incarcerated will move into the facility next week. For now, only women with 18 months or less to ...

The women’s prison at Vandalia is expected to open a nursery in February that can serve up to 14 mothers and their babies for ...

Missouri's plan to build a second penitentiary sparked controversy when Louis Houck allegedly attempted to bribe officials to ...

A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers wants more oversight over the prison system — as deaths in custody reach their ...

It sends a terrible message, I think, that you can storm the seat of the national government and clearly commit crimes, be ...

Kim Perkins is the nursery program director and said she is excited for the effect the program will have on the families ...

Sandra Hemme spent 43 years in a Missouri prison for a murder she did not commit. Some estimates suggest that a false ...

Sharon Kinne was charged with killing her Missouri husband, her boyfriend's wife and a man she'd picked up in a Mexican bar.

Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prion nursery to allow incarcerated mothers to keep their newborns behind bars after giving birth. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional ...