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Activists Slam Jones’ Plan to Put Tiny Homes at the Workhouse Site

Some suggest the mayor’s “stakeholder steering committee” to reenvision the former jail was a farce

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ACD COMMSApril 4, 2024
Board of Alderman meeting to discuss future of The Workhouse cut short

The debate over what to do with St. Louis city’s Medium Security Institution, also known as The Workhouse, continues.

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ACD COMMSMarch 28, 2024
Mayor’s Plan to Put Tiny Homes at Workhouse Site Draws Pushback

“The last thing we need to do is take another vulnerable population…. and throw them away at the Workhouse.”

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ACD COMMSMarch 26, 2024
St. Louis Weighs What to Do With the Shuttered “Workhouse” Jail

Another battle continues over the city’s former jail

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ACD COMMSMarch 1, 2024
Report suggests using the former St. Louis Workhouse jail as an industrial site

New recommendations for the empty north St. Louis jail known as the Workhouse include a memorial and using it as an industrial site.

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ACD COMMSFebruary 28, 2024
Ideas for future of former St. Louis jail known as 'The Workhouse' site narrowed

There are many potential uses for one of the city’s former jails known as The Workhouse that a steering committee says it is willing to continue to explore based on the 790 responses it got to a community survey.

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ACD COMMSAugust 14, 2023
The Bail Project’s city office closes, but the work continues

New program seeks to disrupt system, minimize harm

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ACD COMMSOctober 19, 2021
Corrections commissioner says jail ‘needs work on both ends’

Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah favors ‘restorative justice’

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ACD COMMSOctober 14, 2021
Messenger: History repeats itself when it comes to downtown crime in St. Louis
ACD COMMSSeptember 20, 2021
How Black leaders are pursuing racial equity in St. Louis
ACD COMMSSeptember 13, 2021
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones Wants to Tackle Poverty and Crime Together
ACD COMMSAugust 19, 2021
About 120 St. Louis detainees headed to workhouse after another disturbance at downtown jail
ACD COMMSAugust 1, 2021
'The Workhouse' is closed. St. Louis mayor gives update on deadline to close jail
ACD COMMSJuly 1, 2021
Detainees moved out of workhouse as the St. Louis jail closes
ACD COMMSJune 17, 2021
St. Louis Empties Workhouse, But Leaves Door Open for 'Overflow'
ACD COMMSJune 17, 2021
The Ferguson movement is on the cusp of revolutionizing political power in St. Louis
ACD COMMSMay 6, 2021
#CTW2020 Press Conference Media Advisory

Close the Workhouse Campaign Announces Detailed Plan to Shutter the Hellish Jail and Garners More Support from Local Officials

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ACD COMMSJanuary 14, 2020media advisory
Mayor’s office, organization leaders write letters to St. Louis aldermen about the Workhouse
ACD COMMSMarch 15, 2019in the news
Krewson, Edwards need to join emerging reform coalition
ACD COMMSMarch 14, 2019
Circuit attorney, public defender work together against pretrial detention
ACD COMMSMarch 14, 2019
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