Raul Banasco

Darby Howard will step down "with regret" as interim director of the St. Louis County Department of Justice Services after less than a month in that role. His decision is part of ongoing leadership turmoil at the jail.

A committee of the St. Louis County Council has backed calls by an independent advisory board for an outside investigation into accusations of mismanagement and other problems at the county jail.

Raul Banasco’s departure comes after employees of the Justice Services Department accused him of fostering a hostile work environment.

The St. Louis County Council is taking more time to review a contract to provide tablets to inmates after a complaint from the jail’s current vendor about…

Internal affairs investigators concluded that St. Louis County jail staff repeatedly didn’t listen to inmates who said they were sick and could have done…

Updated at 6 p.m. Feb. 4 with more information about the programSt. Louis County is expecting to provide tablets to approximately 900 inmates in its jail,…

Updated at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 28The St. Louis County Justice Services Board canceled its Thursday meeting with jail director Raul Banasco about the…

Raul Banasco has dealt with a host of vexing challenges during his 32-year tenure as a corrections officer, including prisoners dying by suicide and…