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Thursday, December 19 - "Accountability is essential:" Rev. Gray on STL jail reform
9 minutes Posted Dec 19, 2024 at 11:43 am.
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Advocates for reforming the St. Louis City Justice Center say they’re concerned that the city hiring a consultant this month is just the latest turn in a carousel of several commissions that have failed to produce meaningful change at the city jail, where 18 detainees have died since 2020.
St. Louis Public Radio’s Lacretia Wimbley spoke with Reverend Darryl Gray, Chair of the Detention Facilities Oversight Board, which was created in 2021 to scrutinize jail conditions and hold its leaders accountable.