Author Robin D.G Kelley once said: “Without new visions, we don’t know what to build, only what to knock down.” Two years ago, in the spring of 2018, a group of organizers came together to envision St ...

When a prisoner in the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, commonly known as the Workhouse, died on August 2, the police wouldn’t release his name at first. Then, a group of activists who form the ...

ST. LOUIS — Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed will file a pair of board bills that would close St. Louis' Medium Security Institute, also know as "The Workhouse", and redirect funds to crime ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Mayor’s Office is ...

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, ...