Missouri

SWAT officers, using "less-than-lethal" ammunition, were able to free the 73-year-old guard two hours after he was taken hostage

The motive behind the abduction remains under investigation but Corrections Director Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah said one inmate demanded pizza

Former homicide investigator Paul Neske, who questioned Johnny Johnson, said Casey's murder was more "violent and brutal than any case I've ever seen"

Johnny Johnson was convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl in 2002

The CO convinced a jury she was illegally discriminated against for being a Muslim while at her job at a low-security prison facility

The AG's Office challenged the credibility of the inmate's psychiatric evaluation; saying medical records show his mental illness is managed through medication

Eight loved ones of correctional officers Jason Acton and Leon Egley attended the execution

Michael Tisius, 42, died by lethal injection at 6:10 p.m. for killing two COs during a botched jail escape

Michael Tisius is scheduled to die by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the Randolph County Jail

The 7 inmates punched two correctional officers and knocked them unconscious after putting them in chokeholds

The delay comes after Michael Tisius' lawyers claimed a juror in his 2010 resentencing could not read or write

Across the U.S., around 7% of prisoners were in restrictive housing in state and federal prisons. In Kansas, that figure was 10.5%, while in Missouri, it was 11.9%

An investigation is underway into how a suspect involved in the shooting of three officers was released from jail

Officials want the St. Louis County Council to approve $1.6 million from the general fund to hire an additional 27 correctional officers

A federal grant worth $1 million in conjunction with Iron County's $1 million investment will help fund renovation of the jail, which dates back to 1867