With the recent news of the release of the Close the Workhouse campaign’s 2.0 report, City Resolution 205, and growing public official support, I wanted to voice why this needs to happen and ...

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 ...

What most people, including judges, lawyers and inmates, know as the Ramsey County Workhouse is actually called the Ramsey County Correctional Facility. It's located on Century Avenue, on the ...

The City of St. Louis wants to hear from the people most affected by the Workhouse as elected leaders try to figure out what to do with the now-shuttered jail and the land it sits on.

Legislation to close the workhouse is moving forward. Much work remains for St. Louis to address social problems that kept jail cells full. Tracy Stanton: Closure is in sight for the workhouse.

Listen: What does it mean when Minnesota courts sentence offenders to ‘the workhouse’? The Curious Minnesota podcast discusses the background of these unique correctional facilities, which are ...