March 2021
Reuters: Tech issues hobble U.S. tenants fighting eviction in remote hearings
KMOV: Even with verdicts rendered, investigations continue into Luther Hall beating
KMOV: Former tenants asked to pay rent for condemned Florissant apartment complex
St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Moved Homeless People Into Hotels, Putting Some In Danger: ‘We Were An Eyesore To Them’
The Appeal: What The St. Louis Mayoral Candidates Would Do To Close The City’s Notorious Workhouse Jail
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis jail to provide shower for paraplegic inmate who said he’s been denied one for 5 months
St. Louis American: Inmate with paraplegia receives shower after suing city
The Appeal: The St. Louis Mayoral Race Reflects A progressive Shift In Local Politics
Al Jazeera: Inmate had COVID for weeks, St Louis jail didn’t know: Documents
Insurance Journal: Lawsuit: Paraplegic Inmate Denied Shower for 5 Months in St. Louis Jail
St. Louis Public Radio: Artist Jordan Weber Inspired By Close The Workhouse Campaign In Racial Justice Project
KSDK: ‘Who knew what when?’ | St. Louis jail task force leader wants answers on staffing shortage
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis paraplegic inmate has been denied shower for months, suit says
KSDK: Lawsuit says man with disability denied shower for 150 days at St. Louis Justice Center
KMOV: Lawsuit: Paraplegic man denied shower for months at St. Louis City Justice Center
St. Louis American: Conditions at St. Louis jails: Who are you going to believe? (LTE by Matthew Mahaffey, ACD mentioned)
St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Judge Extends Eviction Moratorium Through April 5 To Help Families
WUSTL The Source: Sam Fox School, CRE2, Pulitzer Arts Foundation welcome artist-in-residence Jordan Weber
February 2021
Complex: Inmates In St. Louis’ City Justice Center Stage Third Uprising Since December
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City panel plans public meetings on St. Louis jail conditions
KSDK: Temperature readings dispute ‘frigid conditions’ allegation at St. Louis jail
St. Louis American: Blake Strode: The St. Louis Jail Crisis is About All of Us
Riverfront Times: City Calls St. Louis Jail Complaints ‘False,’ Won’t Let Attorneys in to Inspect
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Judge grants limited ’emergency inspection’ of workhouse air temperatures
KSDK: ‘It has us on pins and needles’ | St. Louis jail commissioner says locks still not working
KSMU (regional NPR): With Eviction Moratorium Soon To Expire, Housing Advocates Fear ‘House Of Cards’ Collapse
Maneater (Column): “This is Genocide.” Inmates at St. Louis jail revolt over barbaric conditions and inhumane treatment
All Things Considered (NPR): Scenes From A Pandemic Economy: 4 American Indicators
WBUR: How The Pandemic Recession Has Affected Housing Insecurity
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Lawsuit seeks to protect federal disability income from covering court fees
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis mayoral candidates want to rebuild neighborhoods, encourage homeownership
The Appeal: This Election Could Decide St. Louis’s Future
St. Louis American: ArchCity files emergency motion for hearing on Workhouse
St. Louis American: St. Louis officials deny advocacy organizations access to CJC
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis officials reject inmate claims of mistreatment, deny access to jail
KMOV: St. Louis City officials, advocacy groups paint differing pictures of CJC conditions
The Republic: Activists in St. Louis call jail uprising ‘act of courage’
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: ACLU among advocacy groups seeking immediate access to St. Louis jail
Colorado Politics: Denver protesters to hold solidarity rally for St. Louis prison strike
St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Justice Center Protest Could Change The Conversation On Workhouse’s Closure
Washington Post: After St. Louis jail unrest, inmates’ advocates allege desperate conditions while officials defend pandemic response
St. Louis Public Radio: For Lewis Reed, Mayor’s Job Would Allow ‘Implementation’ Of Priorities At Long Last
KHQA: St. Louis jail tensions ‘boiled over’ after COVID-19 concerns go unaddressed, sources say
The Missourian: St. Louis Jail Tensions ‘Boiled Over’ Amid COVID-19 Worries
ABC: St. Louis jail tensions ‘boiled over’ amid COVID-19 worries
Elle: ‘We Still Have No Freedom in This Country’
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Will a St. Louis city jail task force work? County jail advisory board member weighs in
The Crime Report: St. Louis Jail Inmates Condemn Prison Conditions
KMOV: Court gives two lawyers limited access to inspect workhouse temperatures
KOB: St. Louis circuit attorney to investigate conditions at jail
St. Louis Public Radio: Krewson Forms Task Force To Examine Jail Conditions After Justice Center Protest
RiverFront Times: Mayor Krewson Announces Task Force to Review St. Louis Jail Uprising
The Mercury: Activists say uprising at city jail facility was a protest of ‘inhumane’ conditions
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Activists say uprising at city jail facility was a protest of ‘inhumane’ conditions
St. Louis American: City Justice Center protest timeline
NPR: All Things Considered and St. Louis Public Radio: The Concerns That Drove Detainees To Mount St. Louis Jail Revolt
St. Louis American: Inmates smash windows, set fire in protest of St. Louis jail conditions
WUSTL The Source: Law clinic’s work inspires federal bill
January 2021
St. Louis American: ‘Spy plane’ lobbyist makes campaign donations to Reed, aldermen
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Let the Ohio purveyor of the spy plane find an easy mark in another river city
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: ‘Environmental justice is racial justice’: Bush calls for environmental racism study to direct federal aid
Bolly Inside: St. Louis County Council Supports Call for Outside Prison Inquiry | Politics
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis County Council backs call for outside investigation of jail
St. Louis American: 28 organizations announce ‘The People’s Plan St. Louis’
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Lawsuit alleges St. Louis policies seek to silence victims of police brutality
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Lawsuit alleges St. Louis policies seek to silence victims of police brutality
St. Louis American: ArchCity Defenders report names 80 killer officers in St. Louis region, 179 known victims of ‘fatal state violence’ this decade
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: At least 179 killed while in jail or in encounters with St. Louis-area police over decade, legal group says
The Crime Report: St. Louis, MO Records Highest Average of Police Killings in Nation
KMOV: Family of local man killed by police hope new report on deadly force will spur change
KSDK: How ArchCity Defenders is expanding its reach beyond St. Louis
FOX: Videos document alleged horrors at Justice Center; city won’t turn over evidence
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis officials say ‘surge’ in virus cases occurred at city jail
The Press: Second disruption in a week occurs at St. Louis jail, officials say
December 2020
KTRS: Vonne Karraker on Ray Hartmann’s show
Riverfront Times: Abuse, Neglect and ‘Friday Night Fights’ at St. Francois Jail: Lawsuit
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis law group sues St. Francois County jailers, alleging inmate abuse
Fox2Now: Lawsuit alleges inhumane conditions at St. Francois County Jail
Rolla Daily News: St. Francois County jail faces class-action lawsuit alleging ‘unlawful’ conditions
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Lawsuits reveal the ugly truth of jail conditions in St. Louis region
KTTN: Audio: A prisoner rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Francois County Jail.
Daily Journal Online: STL law group sues SFC jailers, alleging abuse
KBIA: Lawsuit Alleges Inhumane Conditions At Missouri Jail
ACD’s SoundCloud: Horror Stories from St. Francois County Jail by ArchCity Defenders
Daily Local News/ Post-Dispatch: Webster Groves police video provides harrowing account of I-44 shooting
Out in STL: Putting in the Work: Jae Shepherd on Closing the Workhouse and Shaping St. Louis
St. Louis American (op-ed by CTW): Defund the Workhouse
Post-Dispatch: Krewson says workhouse won’t close by Dec. 31 as aldermen wanted
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Two men die after car eluding police crashes in St. Louis
Columbia Missourian: Relief for Missourians who have fallen behind in rent
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The last-minute List: Gifts for less than $10
MIT Technology Review: Logging in to get kicked out: Inside America’s virtual eviction crisis
November 2020
St. Louis American: St. Louis County Police Expect to Finalize New Use of Force Policy in January
St. Louis Public Radio: Online Series Tackles St. Louis Region’s Struggle With Environmental Racism
St. Louis Magazine: See this now: ‘Black Nonpareil’ and ‘Imperfect Pixels’ at the Angad Arts Hotel
St. Louis American: ArchCity Defenders grows team, expands diversity
St. Louis American: ArchCity partners with local organizations to launch environmental justice work with virtual summit
RiverFront Times: Blake Strode: Black Apologists for 1994 Crime Bill Assuage White Guilt
St. Louis American: St. Louis County Police expect to finalize new use of force policy in January
October 2020
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: St. Louis couple took their children to a protest. Police want them charged with a crime.
Missouri Independent: Nonprofit law firm hosting free educational session on sealing criminal records
St. Louis American: Changes to Police Training do not Impress Reformers
RiverBender: OLLC Talk to Motivate Criminal Justice Advocacy
Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Krewson administration, aldermen backtrack on Close the Workhouse plan
Post-Dispatch: The List: 12+ masks that would make great gifts
RFT: Landlord Orders Out Tenant Who Told RFT About Nightmare Conditions
September 2020
RFT: Blocked From Court, St. Louis Army Vet Was Left to Fight Eviction by Phone
STL Partnership: Forward Through Ferguson Hosts Series “Power Behind The Badge”
St. Louis American: BLM Statement on the death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
KSDK: Pre-pandemic evictions delayed by COVID-19 now frozen by CDC order
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis County Council shoots down two bills aimed at limiting Page’s authority
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Police chief hopes ending St. Louis residency rule will mean 100 new officers over next year
August 2020
RFT: With Eviction Ban Set to Expire, Thousands in St. Louis Waiting on Housing Aid
St. Louis American: R.I.P. Mike Brown
Columbia Daily Tribune: Campaign pushes craft breweries to reflect on diversity
Post-Dispatch: Change is brewing. Campaign pushes craft breweries to reflect on diversity
AP: Judge halts St. Louis evictions through the end of August
RFT: Judge Suspends St. Louis Evictions Until September
WashU: Stepping up in St. Louis
St. Louis American: Advocates to Judge: Extend moratorium on eviction hearings as pandemic rages
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Messenger: As St. Louis moves to close the workhouse, the Missouri Legislature ponders putting 12-year-olds in jail
RFT: Wesley Bell Won’t Prosecute Darren Wilson in Michael Brown’s Death
KSDK: Wesley Bell announces he will not bring charges after reinvestigation into death of Michael Brown
July 2020
AJ+: Activists in St. Louis Just Got this Jail Shut Down
Jacobin: St. Louis’s Shameful Workhouse Jail Must Be Shut Down
Next City: St. Louis Will Close Notorious Jail
RFT: Video Shows Violent Arrest of St. Louis Advocate for the Unhoused
RFT: St. Louis Aldermen Pass Plan to Close the Workhouse
St. Louis American: St. Louis Organizing Table collects support to end police violence
KSDK: Dozens of community organizations have new demands for St. Louis leaders
KSDK: Petition calls for end to police violence in St. Louis region, releases list of demands
Post-Dispatch: Messenger: A new name for St. Louis that ties present to the past: Eviction City
Post-Dispatch: Evictions resume in St. Louis as activists flock to City Hall in protest
St. Louis American: St. Louis Housing Defense Collective Anti-Eviction Rally sheds light on imminent housing crisis
Post-Dispatch: St. Louis extends order for homeless encampment under highway
St. Louis Public Radio: Monday: St. Louis’ Close The Workhouse Campaign Isn’t Done Yet (interview with Kayla Reed on St. Louis On the Air)
Post-Dispatch: Six inmates at St. Louis workhouse test positive for COVID-19
June 2020
NewsOne: Rihanna’s Nonprofit Donates $11 Million To Racial Justice Initiatives
KMOV: ‘Bakers for Black Lives’ return to Midtown to support Black Lives Matter organizations
RiverFront Times: Bakers for Black Lives Returns Sunday for a Juneteenth Jubilee
Post-Dispatch: As Juneteenth events unfold across St. Louis, many see holiday as a rallying cry
Post-Dispatch: Protesters in St. Louis area call for closure of workhouse jail, celebrate dismissal of rioting charges
Post-Dispatch: Majority of St. Louis aldermen support closing workhouse, advocates say
The Intercept: Police Budgets, Austerity, and Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Colliding in Democratic States and Cities
Student Life: ‘Redesigning what public safety looks like’: WU alum Brittany Packnett Cunningham discusses policing, education and activism
WUSTL The Source: It’s time for change
St. Louis American: New black leadership in St. Louis County courts
KMOV: Bakers for Black Lives raise $12k in 2 hours to support Black Lives Matter organizations
May 2020
The Appeal/Now This: “Why You Should Care”: COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails”
Post-Dispatch: St. Louis alderman wants health director to explain qualifications before committee
RiverFront Times: Lawsuit Over St. Louis Tent Camps Dropped
Post-Dispatch: Lawyers drop suit over now-cleared homeless encampment in downtown St. Louis
Post-Dispatch: Hospital stays ebb in St. Louis region as health officials continue to urge caution over COVID-19
Post-Dispatch: St. Louis’ health director no longer a licensed doctor, lawyers say
St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis’ Homeless Residents Face Uncertainty After City Removes Downtown Camp
Post-Dispatch: Were you issued a warrant fee in Ferguson? You might qualify for a refund if you file by May 18
Post-Dispatch: St. Louis’ health director no longer a licensed doctor, lawyers say
St. Louis American: Krewson clears out tent camps though city has a waiting list for shelter
KMOV: City starts taking down tents in encampment near City Hall
St. Louis Public Radio: Tuesday: St. Louis’ Homeless Residents Face More Uncertainty After City Removes Downtown Camp
Post-Dispatch Ed-Board: Editorial: Downtown tent encampment had to go
Phelps County Focus: Update: ArchCity Defenders files suit to stop City of St. Louis from dispersing downtown tent camps
St. Louis Public Radio: Downtown St. Louis Homeless Camp On Uncertain Ground As City Tries To Close It
Boonville Daily News: Missouri COVID cases jump on eve of restrictions easing
St. Louis American: ArchCity Defenders files suit to stop City of St. Louis from dispersing downtown tent camps
MDJ Online: Update: ArchCity Defenders files suit to stop City of St. Louis from dispersing downtown tent camps
Post-Dispatch: Messenger: Simple ordinance violation lands homeless St. Louis man in workhouse for months
KSPR: Lawsuit filed to block removal of tents from St. Louis homeless camp
KMOV: Lawsuit aims to stop St. Louis officials from relocating homeless in tent cities in downtown
April 2020
St. Louis American: Krewson and Reed should join Green and close the Workhouse
95.5FM The Lou: Help #ClosetheWorkhouse With Action St. Louis And Arch City Defenders
St. Louis American: The pandemic is a good time to close the Workhouse
St. Louis American: Action St. Louis launches #ClosetheWorkhouse video contest for $1000 prize
Rolla Daily News: St. Louis inmates complain about conditions amid coronavirus
St. Louis American: New COVID-19 advocacy portal
NewsBreak: ArchCity Defenders and Close the Workhouse campaign release interviews of inmates in St. Louis …
KOMU: St. Louis inmates complain about conditions amid coronavirus
St. Louis American: ArchCity Defenders and Close the Workhouse campaign release interviews of inmates in St. Louis city jails
St. Louis American: Advocates concerned about a COVID-19 plan for homeless in St. Louis City
KBIA: ‘Nowhere To Go’: Some Missouri Renters Still Being Evicted During Pandemic
Kansas City Star: ‘Ticking time bombs’: Missouri doctors, advocates call for release of prisoners
Post-Dispatch: Messenger: St. Louis reverses homeless policy, tries to clear downtown tent city despite CDC
RFT: Homeless Refuse to Leave St. Louis Camp, Despite 4 am Police Visit
KSPR: Virtual protest held to ask Gov. Parson to suspend rent, mortgage payments
St. Louis American: St. Louis must prevent COVID-19 catastrophe in its jails
St. Louis American: ArchCity Defenders, Action St. Louis and St. Louis American team up for STLCovidhub.org
St. Louis Public Radio: Ferguson Settlement Will Refund Court Fees, ArchCity Co-Founder Says
HuffPost: Renters In Turmoil As Federal And State Relief Measures Fall Short
St. Louis Public Radio: Ferguson Settlement Will Refund Court Fees, ArchCity Co-Founder Says
Mexico Ledger: Circuit court releases most non-violent jail detainees, inmates
Jefferson City Tribune: Missouri’s housing advocates call for statewide protections
March 2020
St. Louis American: Civil rights organizations ask federal court to protect jail inmates from COVID-19
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Release more prisoners now, medical, religious, academic leaders ask Missouri Supreme Court
St. Louis American: City of Ferguson hit with $1.7 million settlement for municipal court abuses
Alton Telegraph (AP Wire): Missouri swamped by unemployment claims as cases exceed 500
KSDK: Organizations Call on Missouri Supreme Court to Release Inmates
Riverfront Times: Cut Missouri Jail Populations to Slow Coronavirus Spread, Advocates Urge
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Letter: Take care of jail inmates during the pandemic fight
St. Louis American: St. Louis prosecutor and district defender jointly recommend releasing 56 low-level offenders from city jails
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Inmates charged with violent crimes in St. Louis and St. Louis County released amid spread of Covid-19
St. Louis American: Advocacy groups pen open letter to local and state leaders as coronavirus precautions are underway
Riverfront Times: No Jury Duty, No Walk-In Weddings in St. Louis Circuit Court
St. Louis American: COVID-19 creates ‘amazingly complex problems’ for St. Louis court leaders
Courthouse News Service: Panel Tosses Injunction Against Cash Bail in St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Appeals court reverses federal judge’s cash bail ruling for St. Louis inmates
St. Louis American: Shira Scheindlin, judge who ended Stop & Frisk in New York, to speak in St. Louis County on March 6