Demolition began Tuesday morning at the former Medium Security Institution, commonly known as the Workhouse. City leaders and groups in support of the demolition, including Close the Workhouse and ...

As the city delivers massive air conditioners to the St. Louis Workhouse, one man who spent last week's wave of heat there says it's too little too late for him. He said heat isn't the only problem.

For years, human rights advocates have warned that conditions at the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, also known as the City Workhouse, are unacceptable verging on Dickensian: violence, mold, ...