November 2019
KSDK: Grieving father wants City Workhouse shut down
Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Krewson wants credit for lower jail population but won’t finish the job
The Guardian: ‘They’re profiting off pain’: the push to rein in the $1.2bn prison phone industry
STL American: (Blake Strode) The audacity of the status quo
Kansas City Star: Missouri prosecutors hold all the cards. Public defenders and vulnerable clients fold
Valliant News: San Francisco reforms policies on homeless crimes
Post-Dispatch: Messenger: On coldest night of the year, this T.E.H. Realty tenant had no heat
STL American: (Editorial) ArchCity Defenders still saves lives and needs our support
STL American: ArchCity Defenders turns 10
STL Public Radio: ArchCity Defenders Celebrates 10 Years Of Advocacy, Growth
Post-Dispatch: Charges dismissed surrounding 2017 protest at West Lake Landfill entrance
Post-Dispatch: Ferguson apartment complex tenants seek class action lawsuit against T.E.H. Realty
Student Life (WUSTL): ‘An inherent inequality’: Law School report highlights environmental racism in St. Louis
October 2019
News Tribune: Missouri official: Not all slain children were innocent victims
KMOV: St. Louis public safety director defends comments after being accused of blaming child homicide victims
St. Louis American: Community groups condemn public safety director for ‘demonizing’ dead children
FOX2: Missouri official: Not all slain kids were innocent victims
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Not all children killed by guns were innocent victims, St. Louis public safety director asserts
September 2019
RiverFront Times: Are bad cops like Dustin Boone really outliers?
NBC: Washington University reports severe impact of environmental racism in black communities
MO Lawyers Weekly: Washington University reports impact of environmental racism
Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Unconstitutional application of cash bail makes St. Louis less safe, conservative group argues
KBIA/KWMU: St. Louis Public Safety Committee OK’s $5 Million For Cure Violence Program
Washington University of St Louis “Stud Life” Newspaper: We can’t wait: Get involved in local politics
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Pine Lawn woman’s suit claiming her 11-year-old daughter was used as bait by police settled for $550,000
KMOV: Officials weigh use of MSHP troopers to curb St. Louis gun violence
KMOV: St. Louis officer pleads guilty to covering up attack on fellow officer during Stockley protests
Yahoo News: Here’s what to do in St. Louis this week
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Who pays restitution when courts take illegal fees from defendants? Two Missouri cases will decide
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Rally at St. Louis City Hall backs spending more on social services, less on policing
Fox2: Former inmate alleges mistreatment, abuse in St. Charles County over Muslim faith
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Protest calls for closing of Workhouse jail
KBIA: Report Outlines ‘Environmental Racism’ In St. Louis
Governing: Addicted to Fines
ABC: Ben & Jerry’s debut flavor backing criminal justice reform
St. Louis American (Tishaura Jones): Real solutions to reduce violence
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Muslim man’s civil rights lawsuit points to Islamophobic Facebook posts of jailer
St. Louis American (editorial board): We share the calls for action and change from our community
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (editorial board): Editorial: Debunking the myths behind ‘close the Workhouse’ movement
St. Louis American: Report outlines ‘environmental racism’ in St. Louis
August 2019
Global Sisters Report: Racial divide worsens in Ferguson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Punitive. Predatory. Dehumanizing. Criminal justice in St. Louis area has changed, but is it enough?
Slate: (Thomas B. Harvey) Real Progress in Ferguson Could Take a Generation
The Root: Mike Brown’s Death Changed the World, but Local Activists Say It Hasn’t Changed Ferguson
Dissent: From Police Violence to the City Budget
St. Louis American: A mother’s worst nightmare
New York Magazine: 5 Years After Ferguson, Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops Have Gotten Worse
Fortune: Missing Toni Morrison: raceAhead
ColorLines: It’s Still Dangerous to Drive While Black in Ferguson
The Crime Report: 5 Years After Ferguson Protests, Black Missouri Drivers Stopped More Often Than Whites
St. Louis Public Radio: Municipal Courts Are Less Of A Cash Cow Five Years After Ferguson, But Problems Remain
New York Times: Stopped, Ticketed, Fined: The Pitfalls of Driving While Black in Ferguson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Punitive. Predatory. Dehumanizing. Criminal justice in St. Louis area has changed, but is it enough?
July 2019
NPR, Morning Edition: Advocates Worry About A Growing Alternative To Pre-Trial Jailing
New York Times: Digital Jail: How Electronic Monitoring Drives Defendants Into Debt
NPR: Defendants Often Foot Bill of Costly Electronic Ankle Monitors
RiverFront Times: Jazmin Thought She’d Die on The Street. Now She Has A Home
St. Louis Public Radio: Thursday: Legal Roundtable Looks at Latest Local, National Developments
Filter Mag: Algorithm Using Racist Drug War Data to Determine Missourians’ Freedom
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Messenger: New plan to transport federal prisoners in St. Louis might be illegal– says city’s new memo
June 2019
KBIA: St. Louis-Area Leaders Want Action From Law Enforcement In Response to 2018 Vehicle Stops Report
AJ+: The Poor Go to Jail and the Rich Make Bail
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Guilty until proven wealthy: It’s time to close the Workhouse and end cash bail
St. Louis Post Dispatch : Judge rules that St. Louis jails can’t hold inmates who can’t pay
AJ+: Moms Behind Bars: How Cash Bail is Keeping Women in Jail
St. Louis American: Close the Workhouse finds allies in federal judge, Ben & Jerry’s
ABC (AP wire story): St. Louis jails can’t hold inmates who can’t pay
St. Louis Post Dispatch: St. Louis officials ask for delay in judge’s ruling; say they can’t hold bond hearings for 700 inmates in one week
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Federal Judge blasts St. Louis officials, judges for failure to comply with cash bail order
The Root: “Appalled” and “Disappointed”: Federal Judge Tells St. Louis to Stop Dragging Feet on Cash Bail Order
St. Louis American: City judges violate federal court ruling, continue to set bond amounts above residents’ means
AJ+: Arrested for being black: Racism In America’s Justice System
Riverfront Times: Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards From 2005 Homophobic Slur
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Civil Rights groups to St. Louis County: Stop Stonewalling on on jail deaths
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Two-tiered justice is the norm in Missouri, but times, they are a changin’
St. Louis Public Radio: With Film Series, ArchCity Defenders Aims to Spur Awareness and Action
Call Newspapers: Fourth jail inmate dies; investigation is ongoing (mentions ArchCity’s letter to Sam Page)
St. Louis Public Radio: Co-Founder, Law Professor Offer Analysis Of Missouri’s New Pretrial Rules
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Messenger: St. Louis must do better than we have in the past
St. Louis Post Dispatch: McClellan: Still supporting a crime czar
May 2019
The Missouri Times: St. Louis-based nonprofit announces launch of updated ‘Know Your Rights’ guide
St. Louis American: ArchCity relaunches ‘Pro Se STL’ guides to police, courts and jails
St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Nonprofit Offers Updated Guide to Navigate Justice System
ProPublica: A Lawsuit Over Ferguson’s “Debtors Prisons” Drags On
April 2019
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Freedom at a price: Efforts to bail out the indigent under scrutiny after murder of St. Louis woman (cash bail suit mentioned)
RiverFront Times: Don’t Blame the Bail Project for Marcia Johnson’s Murder (bail suit mentioned)
St. Louis American: Links hosts Youth Political Empowerment Workshop
Johns Hopkins News-Letter: FAS hosts advocates for criminal justice reform
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Messenger: City leaders ‘feeling the heat’ as Close the Workhouse …
Harvard Law School News: Putting compassion into action
St. Louis American: Close the Workhouse campaign gains momentum
St. Louis American: President Reed: Help us ‘Close the Workhouse’ (Rev. Starsky Wilson op-ed)
March 2019
Missouri Lawyers Weekly: Dailey to lead ArchCity network
Essence: ‘Finding Justice’ on BET: A Conversation with Executive Producer Dream Hampton
BET: Finding Justice – Cash Bail – Season 1, Ep 2
BET: Finding Justice – Captain Melvin Diggs (Blake appearance)
St. Louis American: Mayor’s office, organization leaders write letters to St. Louis aldermen about the Workhouse
St. Louis American: Circuit attorney, public defender work together against pretrial detention
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: The math adds up, says head public defender in St. Louis –close the Workhouse |
Investigative Post: A changing tide on license suspensions
February 2019
St. Louis American: Federal judge has opportunity to issue landmark ruling
RiverFront Times: Paying Bail in St. Louis? Better Have $45,000 Cash, on a Weekday
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Editorial: High cash bail without due process violates defendants’ fundamental rights
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: In Missouri, the road to debtors’ prison starts with cash bail
RiverFront Times: Taking on Cash-Bail Policies, Missouri Supreme Court Aims to End Debtor’s Prisons
January 2019
KMOX: ArchCity Defenders Suing City of St. Louis Over Cash Bail System
WGEM: Lawsuit challenges St. Louis’ cash bail system
Jurist: City of St. Louis sued over cash bail system
U.S. News and World Report: Lawsuit Challenges St. Louis’ Cash Bail System