Explore the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City through guided history tours and ghost experiences at one of the oldest prisons west of the Mississippi.

This story is abridged from "Somewhere in Time, 170 years of Missouri Corrections," by Mark Schreiber and Laura Moeller. The announcement made in 1822 that Jefferson City would soon become the state ...

The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that inmate Donald Norris, 77, died on April 2.

The former Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City earned the designation "the bloodiest 47 acres in America" and has long carried the greatest notoriety among the region's prisons. But Algoa ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri officials have proposed mixing shops and state buildings on old prison land where gangsters and killers were once held. A blueprint was unveiled Wednesday for developing ...

The fiscal note throws a wrench into the debate. Legislators want to be tough on crime, but also worry about the costs, with ...

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 ...

The Missouri Department of Correction announced that an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center has died.John Brown, ...