Ivy Scott

Understaffing, outdated facilities and poor management have led to filthy conditions for detainees in St. Louis.

For years, the state’s Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time.

After repeated questions about missing deaths in the state’s existing logs, the department shared annual counts for the first time.

For years, the state's Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time

For years, Missouri's Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time.

When corrections officials aren’t forthcoming with records, coroners can offer families the details needed to find closure or pursue accountability.

When Alan Lancaster died in January 2023 at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, his family went looking for answers.

For years, the public had no way to know just how many people died in Missouri's prisons, a Marshall Project investigation found, because the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) wasn't counting.

The Missouri Department of Corrections generated its first report with every prison death in its system. Here’s how to use it.

Too many detainees and too few staff have pushed the City Justice Center and County Jail to a breaking point.