Whether inmates die while in state custody is not used to measure the performance of Missouri’s private prison health care ...

The Missouri Department of Corrections is exploring new options and models to provide medical services in prisons across the ...

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 ...

An inmate who was previously held at a Jefferson City prison has been accused of raping another inmate in October 2023. Michael Sheets, 41, was charged on Friday with first-degree sodomy in Cole ...

A 65-year-old man who was an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center was pronounced dead Friday morning, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Corrections. Richard ...

Current and former employees at Jefferson City Correctional Center say the nursing shortage is causing unrest. They blame the state's contractor, Centurion Health. When Steven Caldwell-Bey wasn't able ...

The Missouri Department of Corrections announced that there will be an autopsy after an inmate was pronounced dead at Jefferson City Correctional Center. Inmate Richard Mayfield, 65, was pronounced ...

JEFFERSON CITY — It's almost 8:30 a.m. at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. For Robert Bush, the workday began two hours ago. Bush is one of roughly 350 offenders at the maximum-security prison ...

Former employees and a non-profit organization alleged staffing issues at Jefferson City Correctional Center may be inhibiting medical care. The Missouri Department of Corrections said a handful of ...