Pay or Stay: The Fight to Abolish St. Louis’s Debtors’ Prisons
“Pay or Stay” is a collection of research, stories, and reflections from ACD’s mission to combat the criminalization of poverty, of which the fight to abolish debtors’ prisons has...
read moreProsecutor Watch: Assessing the Practices of the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
In August 2022, the Table began reviewing Wesley Bell’s tenure as prosecutor. This report highlights the lengthy process we undertook to gather this information, and the results.
read moreProsector Watch: An Introduction
Prosecutors have immense power within the criminal legal system and toooften they wield power by creating long-lasting harm in the lives of people,disproportionately for those who are Black and...
read more2023-2024 Annual Report
A special edition celebrating 15 years of holistic legal advocacy and highlighting key moments from 2023 to 2024
read more2024 Municipal Courts White Paper | In the Rearview Mirror: St. Louis’s Municipal Courts After a Decade of Reform and Regress
In 2013, the municipal courts of St. Louis City and County collected $61,152,087 in fines and fees, 46% of the statewide total despite being home to only 22% of...
read moreReport: Environmental Racism in St. Louis
A report by the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis to educate St. Louisans about environmental injustices that disproportionately harm Black and poor people.
read moreAdvocacy: Joint Letter to Public Officials
When the pandemic struck, ACD and partner organizations cautioned how marginalized groups were most at risk and urged local officials to take extra action to protect the vulnerable.
read moreAdvocacy: Joint Letter to the Missouri Supreme Court
In March 2020, as Covid-19 cases grew, the Missouri State Public Defender, ArchCity Defenders, and many others wrote to the Missouri Supreme Court to reduce jail and prison populations...
read more2021 ACD FSV Report: Death by the State: Police Killings and Jail Deaths in St. Louis
This groundbreaking report offers an introduction to the issue of Fatal State Violence (FSV) in St. Louis, Missouri. It provides an overview of killings by police and in custody...
read more2015 ACD Report: It’s Not Just Ferguson: Consolidate the Municipal Courts
This 2015 report by ACD shows general trends in court practices and police conduct across St. Louis County municipalities and offers a series of potential reforms.
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