St. Louis County Justice Services Advisory Board

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.

Acting Jail Director Scott Anders has changed jail policies after the recent attacks against two St. Louis County Justice Center corrections officers.

Pleas for higher pay come after violent attack on a corrections officer.

In his 18 years as the chief federal probation officer for the Eastern District of Missouri, Doug Burris focused on individuals who were back in their communities after being behind bars. In his new role as acting director of the St. Louis County Department of Justice Services, Burris’ attention is now on inmates at the county jail in Clayton.

A former top federal probation official in the St. Louis area is County Executive Sam Page’s pick to lead the troubled Department of Justice Services. Douglas Burris, who was the chief probation officer for the Eastern District of Missouri for 18 years, was named acting director of the department on Wednesday. The acting title will be lifted if the County Council confirms the appointment.

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.

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