Freedom Community Center

A coalition of racial justice organizations says the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office is not keeping its progressive promises. The Prosecutor Watch report evaluates Wesley Bell’s office on five metrics, including transparency and convictions.

The juvenile justice framework intended for youth rehabilitation has caused frustration among those involved — including parents left to feel hopeless and in limbo.

St. Louis public health officials said Thursday that they’re facing an uphill battle at St. Louis City Justice Center because the city’s health department has long been underfunded and is catching up on its review of detainee medical records.

The world-renowned poet will deliver the keynote address at the St. Louis Racial Equity Summit on Thursday.

The second cohort of Freedom Community Center’s Free Us Group Track Program graduated April 7 after 12 weeks of therapy, training, community service and restorative justice.

St. Louis activists are demanding that judges and prosecutors rely on pretrial methods that don’t call for incarceration.

St. Louis judges continue to deny bond in a majority of cases. The trend is raising alarm for court-watchers and advocates.

A coalition of over 25 local community organizations are asking St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones to map out to repair the damage caused by decades of institutionalized racism.

Cash bail has largely disappeared in St. Louis. Instead, circuit court judges are increasingly denying bond altogether, a new report from the Freedom Community Center found.