Dale Glass to resign as St. Louis corrections commissioner
Glass’ resignation comes after Mayor Tishaura Jones visited two of the city’s jail facilities in her first week of office
Credit: KSDK
Dale Glass speaks at a press conference in April following a disturbance at the City Justice Center Author: Kayla Wheeler Updated: 12:03 PM CDT May 12, 2021
ST. LOUIS Dale Glass, corrections commissioner for the City of St. Louis, will be resigning from his position at the end of the month.
During the visits, they said they heard firsthand accounts from detainees describing COVID-19 protocols, “inedible” food, lack of running water, rodents and fear of violent retaliation from staff, according to a news release from the mayor’s office.
Corrections employees speak out about conditions at downtown St. Louis jail
Detainees need nothing more than a piece of paper to compromise the locks on their cells and start fires Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 6:00 AM CDT May 7, 2021
ST. LOUIS A piece of paper serves as a key and a spark inside the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis.
It’s all any detainee being held there needs to compromise the locks on their cells and put into electrical outlets to start fires during a riot, according to a Corrections Division employee who spoke to the I-Team on the condition of anonymity to protect their job.
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, saying it puts a strain on the very inmates city leaders claim to be advocating for by shutting down the city s other jail: the Medium Security Institution, better known as The Workhouse.
Published April 27, 2021 at 3:50 PM CDT Listen • 16:42 Provided by the City of St. Louis Mayor s 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 Workhouse and worked to convince area politicians that funds from servicing the Workhouse would be a better fit for community investment.
This past weekend, Reed and St. Louis leaders
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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 court and improved conditions inside the jail amidst the deadly pandemic. It was the second major uprising at the CJC since February, and at least the fourth coordinated protest there in the last five months. Across the country, the pandemic has catalyzed a year of unprecedented unrest inside jails and prisons. Researchers at Perilous Chronicle reported in November that there had been 119 acts of collective resistance in just the first 90 days of Covid-19 at facilities in the United States