Nearly three months after the St. Louis County Justice Center received a warning for failing an American Correctional Association inspection due to leaky showers and cleanliness issues, the jail has released a redacted copy of the full report.
Inspectors visited the facility , located inside the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, from Sept. 8 through Sept. 10. At the time, the jail had a total population of 1,340, which was 108 detainees over stated capacity, according to the 92-page report.
The average length of stay for detainees was 733 days, and there were 269 full-time staff members.
Jonel Coleman, acting director of the St. Louis County Justice Services Department, said in a statement earlier this week that the ACA accreditation consists of 61 mandatory expected practice

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