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Apr/26/2021 | POSTED BY Steve Walentik
UMSL criminologist Beth Huebner and colleagues Kelli Canada, Clark Peters and Ashley Givens at the University of MissouriâColumbia and Janet Garcia-Hallett at the University of MissouriâKansas City were recognized with the President’s Award for Intercampus Collaboration for their work to better understand and improve the prison environment in the state. (Photo by August Jennewein)
University of MissouriâSt. Louis criminologist Beth Huebner and her colleagues across the University of Missouri System certainly didnât anticipate the disruption to day-to-day life lurking over the horizon in January 2020.
Thatâs when the Urban Institute and Arnold Ventures awarded them a $200,000 grant to better understand and improve the prison environment in the state.
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Bookings at the St. Louis County jail dropped by 47% between February and October of the coronavirus pandemic. St. Louis County’s average daily jail population also decreased by an average of 30% from 2016 to 2019.
The number of people booked at the St. Louis County jail dropped by 47% between February and October, as the coronavirus pandemic hit the region and officials imposed restrictions on public gatherings.
The county’s results were similar to those of 25 other cities the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance examined across the country. Its study found that bookings in most of the examined cities were still below pre-pandemic levels by October.