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A brief #STLJailsCrisis timeline:
November 2017: James Cody & other people detained in the Workhouse pretrial file a federal lawsuit against #STLCity alleging inhumane conditions at the Workhouse. Still pending.
April 2018: @CLOSEWorkhouse campaign starts to #closetheWorkhouse
November 2017: James Cody & other people detained in the Workhouse pretrial file a federal lawsuit against #STLCity alleging inhumane conditions at the Workhouse. Still pending.
April 2018: @CLOSEWorkhouse campaign starts to #closetheWorkhouse
September 2018 & January 2019: @CLOSEWorkhouse publishes two reports on the history of the Workhouse, problems with money bail, pretrial detention & the need for #STL to reimagine public safety. archcitydefenders.org/our-impact/clo…
January 2019: David Dixon sues #STLCity for an unlawful money bail system w/ ACD, @adv_project, @CivRightsCorps & @GeorgetownICAP in his corner.
June 2019: Federal judge in the Dixon case grants a preliminary injunction, orders people detained to get another bail hearing.
June 2019: Federal judge in the Dixon case grants a preliminary injunction, orders people detained to get another bail hearing.
Thread. The workhouse is a white supremacist shithole of a facility. It has been filled with mostly black & brown bodies for decades. Many simply couldn’t afford bail, many others held on non violent charges. The impact that facility has had on lives/families/ communities 1)
over the years is deep real & profound. It’s a living breathing functioning cog within this racist prison industrial complex system, a system built on white supremacy. There is no disputing this. And there should be absolutely no hesitation to #CloseTheWorkhouse. None. But 2)
this is #STL so of course many public officials, black & white, have hesitation. Don’t let political noise and/or the BS rhetoric distract from the truth here. The Workhouse is a montrosity & has been for YEARS. It’s wrecked havoc on lives. It is thoroughly racist to the core. 3)
