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Mayor Tishaura Jones announced Corrections Division Commissioner Dale Glasss retirement Wednesday Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 12:33 PM CDT May 14, 2021 ST. LOUIS — Charlene Deeken isn’t one for the spotlight, but this week’s abrupt retirement of Corrections Division Commissioner Dale Glass changed that. “You know I’m not keen on this sort of thing,” she told me as our interview began. “But this bothers me a lot. “It bothers me a great ...

St. Louis Public Radio St. Louis Corrections Commissioner Dale Glass announced he plans to resign from his position on Wednesday, after a tumultuous year. Glass has held the position since 2012. St. Louis Corrections Commissioner Dale Glass will resign from his position on June 1, following months of criticism over the management and condition of the citys jails. Glasss resignation, announced Wednesday in a statement from the mayors office, came as little surprise to city politicians and crimin...

KSDK Inmates at the St. Louis Justice Center gather around a third-floor window during an uprising on April 4. City leaders say they hope the changes will address concerns and complaints from inmates. St. Louis officials say steps to address complaints about conditions at the St. Louis Justice Center and the Medium Security Institution known as the Workhouse are underway, including hiring a new food service provider at the Justice Center. The city . “We certainly had complaints about the qu...

Marshals begin removing detainees from St. Louis jail following riots, plans for consolidation The Marshals moved about 60 detainees out of the downtown City Justice Center, apologizing to attorneys for the "inconvenience" Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 8:37 PM CDT May 4, 2021 ST. LOUIS — The U.S. Marshals removed at least 60 inmates during the past week from the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis, apologizing to prosecutors and defense attorney...

St. Louis Mayor Looks to Reform Police Operations and Crime Mayor Tishaura Jones wants to make change by defunding the police and jails and redirecting the funds to social workers, affordable housing, homeless aid and civil rights litigators. May 03, 2021 •  (TNS) — Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, from her first snowy April day in office, has signaled her administration will bring a fundamental shift in the way City Hall addresses police operations and crime i...

Published April 27, 2021 at 3:50 PM CDT Listen • 16:42 Provided by the City of St. Louis Mayors office Mayor Tishaura Jones (at left) and Kayla Reed (at right) observed jail conditions at the Medium Security Institution and City Justice Center on Saturday. Kayla Reed remains steadfast on closing the Medium Security Institution, commonly known as the Workhouse, and moving forward with criminal justice reform in St. Louis. For years, she protested to close the Work...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? On Easter Sunday, about 60 people incarcerated at the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) jail in downtown St. Louis escaped from their cells and joined together in an uprising to demand their day in cour...

But both sides, prosecutors or defense attorneys, can ask for bond review hearings, and theyre not limited to one.  Its up to a judge to decide whether to grant another bond review, should defendants cite new mitigating factors such as a change in their housing status. Prosecutors might cite new aggravating factors to keep the accused detained. Right now, the Criminal Justice Center downtown houses those accused of the highest level of violent crimes such as first-degree murders, assaults, rob...

Originally published on April 26, 2021 4:56 pm This interview will be on “St. Louis on the Air” over the noon hour Tuesday. This story will be updated after the show. You can Kayla Reed remains steadfast on closing the Medium Security Institution, commonly known as the Workhouse, and moving forward criminal justice reform in St. Louis. For years, she protested to close the Workhouse and worked to convince area politicians that funds from servicing the Workhouse would be a better fit for c...

Mayor Tishaura Jones budget proposal includes cutting budget for The Workhouse Author: Christine Byers (KSDK), Colin Jeffery Published: 3:36 PM CDT April 21, 2021 Updated: 3:36 PM CDT April 21, 2021 ST. LOUIS — On her first full day in office, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones took the first step toward fulfilling her campaign promise to close the city’s jail known as The Workhouse. “Since 2016, I have called for the closure of the Workhouse du...