“Empty Not Closed: Disappearing the Workhouse for Good” Trailer
In partnership with HLK, ACD is developing a documentary that explores the campaign and litigation to close St. Louis’s notoriously hellish jail, known as the Workhouse. Watch the trailer...
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 morePro Se STL: Guide to Expunging Your Criminal Record in Missouri
ArchCity Defenders’ initiatives to expunge records stems from our acknowledgement that, in many cases, criminal records are the result of an overwhelmingly punitive and anti-Black legal system that makes...
read morePro Se STL: A Guide for Renters Finding and Moving into Housing in Missouri
This Guide is part of ACD’s #ProSeSTL series. We created this guide to help you know your rights as a Missouri renter before and after you sign a lease.
read moreDefund. Reenvision. Transform. FY24 Budget Toolkit
The aim of the DRT Budget Toolkit is to increase transparency about the budget process in St. Louis. This toolkit serves to educate St. Louis residents about how the...
read moreDefund ShotSpotter: A Community Toolkit
A Community Toolkit that explores the need to defund the surveillance technology used by SLMPD.
read moreLexii Alexander: A Trans Women’s Reflections on Social Death in Prison
Lexii’s story is part of “Bound by Blood,” an exhibition featuring stories of loved ones who were killed by police or died in custody, and an incarcerated Black transgender...
read moreGina Torres: “They took my heart when they took my son.”
Gina’s story is part of “Bound by Blood,” an exhibition featuring stories of loved ones who were killed by police or died in custody, and an incarcerated Black transgender...
read moreToni Taylor: “The fight for justice is led by women.”
Toni’s story is part of “Bound by Blood,” an exhibition featuring stories of loved ones who were killed by police or died in custody, and an incarcerated Black transgender...
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