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Attorney Lindsay Runnels of the Kansas City-based law firm Morgan Pilate has represented Lamar Johnson since 2015. Johnson was freed this week after serving 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

A judge in St. Louis ruled on Tuesday that Lamar Johnson should be freed after two people provided testimony that absolved Johnson in the 1994 killing of Marcus Boyd.

Christopher Dunn has spent more than 30 years in prison for a 1990 murder in St. Louis, but a Missouri judge says no jury today would convict him. Why is he still in prison?

Michael Rogers was hospitalized after being violently attacked by members of the Aryan Brotherhood in retaliation for cooperating with prosecutors. His lawsuit accused the Kansas Department of Corrections of placing him in the general population at El Dorado Correctional Facility despite known threats to his safety.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, becomes the first openly transgender woman to be executed in the U.S.

Clients from First Call, an alcohol and drug prevention and recovery organization, sat down with actors from the Unicorn Theatre to help the cast of "Clyde's" gain insight into the experiences of individuals trying to rebuild their life after getting out of prison.

The court concluded that Missouri refused to allow paycheck deductions to starve the corrections workers’ union during negotiations — violating the “fundamental right” to collective bargaining guaranteed by the Missouri Constitution, and freedom of speech and association rights protected by the state and federal constitutions.

Bobby Bostic walked out of a Missouri prison in November. His freedom is roughly two centuries ahead of schedule — at just 18 years old, Bostic was sentenced to multiple life sentences in prison for his role in an armed robbery.

Phone calls, electronic messages or letters sent to people inside prison are not free. Those costs can add up quickly, especially for people in prison who may not make much.

The prison system announced the change after the Kansas News Service pointed out possible issues.

Centurion of Kansas has been fined almost 5,000 times for compliance issues.

Alex Tretbar spent five years in prison for his part in a drug-related shooting. His award-winning poetry takes inspiration from incarceration, addiction and The Velvet Underground.