In the foreground is Missouri's newest prison, the maximum-security Jefferson City facility. In the background is the medium security Algoa Correctional Center. JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri ...

Lancaster County Prison staff correctly handled the medical and safety needs of a 27-year-old prisoner who died in March of a fentanyl overdose while in custody, the county’s top prison official said ...

Convicted murderer Grant Hardin evaded police for 10 days after a bold prison escape, which officials are still trying to piece together ...

(CNN) — Soon after the convicted murderer and rapist known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was recaptured after evading police for more than 10 days in the rocky terrain and dense vegetation of rural ...