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Inmates first received access to the tablets in October 2021. In the 14 months since, use of force by guards is down 40% and assaults on staff are down 60%.
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The $300,000 grant will fund a team of researchers who will talk to corrections officers and jail residents to understand how racism and racial inequalities play out in the jail.
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The report by the consulting firm CGL Companies found a clean, orderly and safe facility. The review attributed much of the challenges the jail still faces to understaffing.
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Acting Jail Director Scott Anders has changed jail policies after the recent attacks against two St. Louis County Justice Center corrections officers.
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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…
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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…
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St. Louis County has suspended three jail employees following the death of a fourth inmate this year.Daniel Stout died last week, hours after being…
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St. Louis County Council held the first of two hearings Tuesday concerning the regulations and procedures for detainees at the St. Louis County jail. The…
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St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger is panning an effort to give the County Council more budgetary authority.If Stenger vetoes the measure, the…
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St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger is refusing to go along with legislation providing raises in the Justice Center — which includes the jail.At…