Prisons

Recent national prison reforms have included shortening sentences for drug offenders and releasing a number of prisoners because of the changes in…

The push for criminal justice reform did not start with the shooting death of Michael Brown, but the events in Ferguson and elsewhere appear to have…

St. Louis County officials will soon decide whether to turn medical services at two county jails over to a private contractor. The decision is pending…

Starting Thursday, more than 150 people from all parts of the criminal justice system with gather at Washington University to ponder a radical remake of…

Updated 2:43 p.m., Sept. 15 with audio from "St. Louis on the Air" - If you’ve developed even a fleeting interest in St. Louis politics, then you probably…

The question of quality of life for imprisoned persons is a difficult one.What kind of opportunities do prisoners deserve? And if imprisonment merits any…

If there’s one thing Stuart Grebing has learned to love in his 28 years in prison, it’s his Cadillac. At the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Corrections…

At least half of all prison suicides are committed by inmates held in so-called solitary confinement, according to several state and national studies.…

When volunteer prison chaplain Tom Cummins knocks on the door of a prison cell, the inmate’s voice is nearly always welcoming, sometimes delighted.“I deal…

First of a two-part series.Prison chaplains wear hope on their sleeves. Many talk about ex-prisoners who transform their lives in prison and, after…