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| DOC Gets Help Planning For Prisons |
| By stltoday.com |
| Published: 03/03/2011 |
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ST. LOUIS • It hardly looked like the start of a productive partnership in the spring when the American Civil Liberties Union issued scalding criticisms of St. Louis' jails that the city at first said weren't worth a response. Yet eight months later, the ACLU and city Department of Corrections are working together to make the lockups safer and fairer. And they are closing in on an agreement for a civilian oversight panel. Although the Board of Aldermen insisted upon the conversations, officials on both sides say the cooperation is genuine. "We all want the same thing, a better corrections system," said Charles Bryson, whose role as city director of public safety includes overseeing management of the jails. Read More. |
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