Riverfront Times
1. Video Shows Jail Oversight Board Member Cuffed and Unconscious (9/7/23)
2. Jail Oversight Board Member Arrested After Asking About Detainee Death
KMOV
1. ‘They ripped me from the bench’ Jail surveillance video shows oversight board member being arrested inside jail (9/12/23)
St. Louis Post Dispatch
1. Messenger: St. Louis ties itself in knots trying to avoid real jail oversight (2/22/24)
2. St. Louis jail board member wanted answers about deaths. Jai commissioner called the cops. (6/27/24)
3. Messenger: A bad prosecution haunts St. Louis as it tries to fix jail (2/3/25)
4. Messenger: Want to get charges dropped in St. Louis? Promise not to sue. (5/16/25)
5. Hundreds Urge St. Louis Mayor to Drop the Charges Against Former Jail Board VP (7/17/25)
6. St. Louis jail board leader ruled not guilty after city's embarrassing error (7/24/25)
7. Messenger: Does St. Louis want citizen oversight of it's jail, police? The jury is still out (7/24/25)
KSDK/5 on your Side
1. St. Louis mayor 'should be ashamed,' jail oversight member says in terse resignation letter (12/13/23)
2. Protesters demand answers after 18 deaths at St. Louis jail in 4 years; latest death shrouded in mystery (11/22/24)
3. Former St. Louis Jail Oversight Board Member Awaits Trial After Arrest (7/17/25)
4. St. Louis Rests Case in Janis Mensah's Trial for Trespassing (7/24/25)
St. Louis Public Radio
1. St. Louis jail oversight board member removed from jail; city aldermen call for review (9/2/23)
2. Two St. Louis Detention Oversight members resign in protest (12/14/23)
3. Could new leaders bring transparency to St. Louis jail? Janis Mensah isn't sure (4/17/25)
4. Hundreds Sign Former St. Louis Jail Board Member's Open Letter to Mayor to Drop Charges (7-17-25)
5. Charges dismissed against former St. Louis Jail Oversight Board Member (7/24/25)
Missouri Independent
1. We left the St. Louis mayor’s jail board, but not the fight for the oppressed (3/7/24)
First Alert 4
1. City’s jail oversight board worn out, vice chair submits resignation (12/13/23)
St. Louis Magazine
1. St. Louis city jail faces more scrutiny after death of 33-year-old detainee (10/9/24)
Student Life- the independent student newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis
- ‘Justice for Janis’: Meet the WashU alum taking a stand against the St. Louis prison system (4/17/25)
UAPO Newsworld