When the St. Louis police arrested David Dixon in January, the judge set his bail at $30,000. Unable to pay, he was first held for six days at the city’s Justice Center and then moved to the Medium ...

More than 16,000 people detained at the former Workhouse jail in St. Louis are now eligible to claim money after the City of St. Louis settled a lawsuit for $4 million over inhumane conditions at the ...

ST. LOUIS — July 1 is the date St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said the city’s Medium Security Institution, often called The Workhouse, would close due to inhumane conditions for inmates there. Jones ...

ST. LOUIS – In the summer of 2017, 5 On Your Side aired video of inmates waving through a window and yelling for help at the Medium Security Institution also known as the “Workhouse." Since then, ...

Once elected as mayor, I will bring all of the stakeholders to the table — the courts, our circuit attorney, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Safety, local organizations, and ...

ST. LOUIS — Protesters have called for the city to close down its medium security jail known as "The Workhouse" and an alderwoman wants the city's top three officials on the Board of Estimate and ...

Rodent infestations, mold in the dining area and extreme heat. Probably sounds like horrendous conditions for someone to live in. But that’s what one local state lawmaker says it’s like inside the ...

Krewson’s defeat didn’t even come earlier in the week, when the Close the Workhouse campaign, which has now secured a majority of aldermen to favor the movement, delayed passage of the city’s budget ...

It’s not uncommon in Minnesota to see a news story about someone being sentenced to “the workhouse.” But what is a workhouse? It turns out Minnesota is one of the only states still using this term, ...