Workhouse

The Workhouse is closed and demolished. A new settlement could affect 16,000 of its former detainees.

St. Louis has agreed to pay $4 million to people detained in its former jail known as the Workhouse. The settlement will still need to be approved by a district judge.

Jail reform advocates had been pushing to have the facility closed since 2018, and they say seeing a portion of the building come down was an emotional, surreal moment.

The new report includes community suggestions for the riverfront building and surrounding 30 acres.

Several members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen are criticizing the city’s plan to close the Medium Security Institution known as the Workhouse in coming weeks. Some expressed concerns that moving inmates from the Workhouse to the St. Louis City Justice Center could lead to overcrowding.

One of the notable parts of the debate was frank answers about whom the candidates would support if they don't advance to the April 6 election.

St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson has formed a task force to investigate public health concerns in the city’s downtown jail. But advocates for inmates doubt the task force will accomplish much.

James Dahm has worked at the City Justice Center in St. Louis for nearly a decade, but he hasn’t forgotten how hard it was to learn the ropes as a rookie…

The St. Louis Department of Health and Division of Corrections are vaccinating 800 people at the city’s two jails to prevent a national hepatitis A…

Tonya Harry had been working as a correctional officer for about a year when she had one of the most traumatic experiences of her life.During her shift at…