It’s not uncommon in Minnesota to see a news story about someone being sentenced to “the workhouse.” But what is a workhouse? It turns out Minnesota is one of the only states still using this term, ...

A new short film has been made about the history of Lisnaskea workhouse and famine graveyard. The film, which is available on YouTube, tells the story of this important period of local history.

Demolition has begun on the Medium Security Institution, known as the Workhouse, in St. Louis.

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 ...

Just east of the old Union Hotel in Jefferson Landing and at the base of the hill beneath the Governor's Mansion are the remnants of a bygone era. A limestone south wall is all that remains of the old ...

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 ...

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 ...