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Mayor Tishaura Jones announced Corrections Division Commissioner Dale Glass's 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 deal that he's been disrespected in this fashion.” Deeken retired April 20, the day St. Louis May...

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 city's jails. Glass's resignation, announced Wednesday in a statement from the mayor's office, came as little surprise to city politicians and criminal justice activists. “Failed leadership overseeing the city’s Corrections division has left ...

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 quality of food, and we want to address that,” Isom said. “One of the issues is that the food is p...

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 attorneys for the inconvenience, the I-Team has learned. Federal public defenders are criticizing the move, ...

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 in St. Louis, Mo. "I stand here before you today resolved to make change," Jones said in her inaugura...