Budget Will See Less Spent on Prisons

The next state budget will require the closing of two prison facilities and cutbacks in some programs that help inmates go home and not return. Church Farm Prison near Jefferson City and Camp Hawthorn at the Lake of the Ozarks are places where inmates about to be...

All Goes Well In First Execution At New Death Chamber

Missouri has a new place for people to die. The state now has a specifically-designed place to execute criminals for the first time since the gas chamber was closed at the old state penitentiary more than 15 years ago. The new execution chamber at the Bonne Terre...

Condemned Man Whose Life Was Saved By Pope Speaks Out

Thousands of people believe Pope John Paul the Second saved their spiritual lives. But one Missourian believes the Pope saved his physical life. Darrell Mease was scheduled to be executed on the day Pope John Paul the second arrived in Missouri for a 31-hour visit....

State Death Chamber Moving To New Prison

Missouri’s execution chamber, in which state imposed death sentences are carried out, is being moved from the Potosi Prison to the newer prison at Bonne Terre. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in Missouri, all but one execution has been conducted at...

Inmate Who Defrauded IRS Gets More Time In Pen

Back to prison for Donald Sanders, who defrauded the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $73,000 while he was a prisoner at Pacific. Sanders used white correction fluid and a copy machine at the prison to file 66 fake tax returns for other inmates. He’s...