Tracking years of problems at the 最新杏吧原创 County jail
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A County Council committee meeting revealed new details of the riot about a month after the jail released a 102-page report on the incident.
Newly released documents shed light on the Feb. 7 riot in the county jail that lasted more than three hours.聽
Officers took electronics from inmates after they refused to return to their cells, which led to an incident in February, the 最新杏吧原创 County jail's new acting director said.
The 最新杏吧原创 County Council on Wednesday approved spending $3 million on nurses and medical staff at the county jail and juvenile detention center.
Councilwoman Shalonda Webb, who leads the council budget committee, said a 鈥渂reakdown in communication鈥 between her and health Director Dr. Kanika Cunningham caused the disagreement.
A doctor who previously worked at the jail said the 最新杏吧原创 County Council鈥檚 delay amounts to neglect and will cause nurses to find new contracts.
最新杏吧原创 County Executive Sam Page on Monday appointed a police captain to lead the county jail.
Jonel Coleman, the county's former deputy director of justice services, became acting director last year.聽
Following several resident deaths in 2019, The 最新杏吧原创 County Justice Services Advisory Board was reconstituted to help identify and address…
County's top corrections official refuses to answer numerous questions from County Council members about the Feb. 7 incident, saying she wants to await the outcome of an ongoing investigation.
No one was hurt in the disturbance Saturday afternoon, County Executive Sam Page said.
An inspection of the jail found "signs of long-term neglect" at the aging facility.
The interim jail director blamed the low staffing on why detainees are currently only able to be out of their cells for about one hour per day.
Missouri鈥檚 system is so overloaded that even people accused of low-level crimes now wait years for mental health treatment.
A private autopsy raised questions about a wound found on Brandon Holbrook's body and the jail staff's attempts to revive him, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Nate Hayward, a former top lieutenant at 最新杏吧原创 County鈥檚 jail, said his top priorities are learning from the staff and reviewing the use-of-force policy.
The accreditation from the American Correctional Association is optional, but 最新杏吧原创 County will keep trying to obtain it, a spokesman for the county said.
A longtime 最新杏吧原创 County staffer will take over as jail chief in the city, and the county's jail director is leaving for a new job in Colorado.
A recent class action lawsuit from the MacArthur Justice Center sheds light on how extreme heat creates life-threatening conditions for those in solitary confinement.
The federal suit, filed Tuesday, says Katherine Jones' husband was in custody for just over three months when he died on March 6, 2023.
The 21-page report from Doug Burris, who oversaw improvement at the 最新杏吧原创 County jail after a series of inmate deaths, lists 35 recommendations in total.聽
Doug Burris, who was credited with improving conditions at the 最新杏吧原创 County jail, has signed on as a consultant to recommend fixes to the troubled downtown city jail.
The county hired longtime federal probation chief Kito Bess as its new jail director. He said he's here to stay.
The suit alleges jail staff were inadequately trained to deal with the health problems of Cedric Dunn, 34,聽and also failed to follow policies.聽
The latest report on a February riot is part of a longer pattern of problems at the 最新杏吧原创 County jail. Follow the Post-Dispatch's reporting on聽staffing, safety, oversight and conditions inside the facility.
