Advocates who fought for the St. Louis Workhouse to be torn down are celebrating a milestone. Demolition began Tuesday morning at the former Medium Security Institution, commonly known as the ...

Cancel anytime. Crews begin the demolition of the Medium Security Institution known as the Workhouse on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in St. Louis. The jail was closed in June 2022. ST. LOUIS — Mayor ...

This pushed her to end inhumane conditions. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones added details about those conditions: "Workhouse survivors tell horrible stories of suffering through temperatures as ...