Although activists have been decrying conditions in the St. Louis Medium Security Institution – known as the Workhouse – for years, the videos that circulated online in early July showing inmates ...

Note: In this essay, James Kences deals with a difficult subject concerning the treatment of the poor and indigent of Colonial times. "Voted that the selectmen erect or build a fit and convenient work ...

A year has passed since the demolition of the infamous Workhouse, and on March 18, 2026, ArchCity Defenders will premiere a documentary examining the Medium Security Institution. “Hell on Hall Street” ...

Reporter Kim Hyatt joined host Eric Roper on the Curious Minnesota podcast to talk about what happens in a workhouse, who is sentenced there and the long history behind these correctional facilities.

ALL FOR LIBERTY: The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion of 1849. By Jeff Strickland. Cambridge University Press. 256 pages. $29.99 paperback; $89.99 hardcover; $14.60 Kindle. In discussions leading ...