March 16, 2022 · moindependent
Inmates at St. Louis’ primary jail filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday accusing guards of torture with mace and depriving them of…
September 16, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A civil rights group sued the St. Louis City Department of Corrections Wednesday for allegedly violating…
August 26, 2021 · admin
ST. LOUIS — The city’s beleaguered jail system is getting a new commissioner. Mayor Tishaura Jones’ office has announced that…
August 15, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several inmates were injured during another disturbance at the troubled City Justice Center this weekend. City…
August 2, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis began moving on Saturday roughly 120 detainees back to its old city jail, known…
July 2, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
CITY HALL – On the day St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution was officially without funding, interim Public Safety Director Dan…
June 22, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
CITY HALL – Now that St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution is officially empty, the City Justice Center is at about 95…
June 17, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The last detainees held at the troubled Medium Security Institution in St. Louis were moved Thursday…
June 4, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
CITY HALL – A budget shortfall for corrections and the emptying of the city’s Medium Security Institution is a recipe…
May 12, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
CITY HALL – Under pressure from Mayor Tishaura Jones about conditions at the City Justice Center and the Workhouse, City…
April 28, 2021 · admin
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones signed on Wednesday her first executive order, clarifying how citizen complaints regarding police and…
April 24, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
NORTH RIVERFRONT – Less than a week after becoming mayor, Tishaura Jones led a congresswoman and other officials Saturday on…
April 21, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
CITY HALL – The easing financial woes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and what to do with the city’s Medium…
March 25, 2021 · MetroSTL Staff
CITY HALL – A panel that investigated disturbances at the City Justice Center is recommending the establishment of an independent…
February 8, 2021 · admin
CITY HALL – A new corrections task force will examine conditions and operations at the City Justice Center and will…