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St. Clair County officials are putting the old jail property back up for sale.The old jail has been vacant for the last ...
St. Clair County officials monitoring the number of people held in the county jail do not see the jail population dropping in the long-term with the abolition of cash bail. Chief Judge Andrew ...
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, IL (KTVI) – Video chatting is an increasingly common way to conduct meetings and stay in touch with friends and family. Now, the technology is popping up in jails as a new tech ...
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Illinois — After man died by suicide at the St. Clair County Jail Thursday, the sheriff said he and his staff are working to prevent such deaths in the future. Around 10:15 p.m ...
As of Feb. 3, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department reported that the jail’s average daily population since the pandemic began is 493. In recent months, the population has, at times ...
A former inmate has filed a federal lawsuit against the St. Clair County jail saying staff neglected her medical needs for days. In a complaint filed on behalf of Lisa Lee Alice Brown, 48, on Oct ...
Inmates at the St. Clair County jail may not have the constitutional right to receive in-person or face-to-face visits from loved ones under a recent order issued in local circuit court.
On April 20, 2021, a judge sentenced Brown to 20 days in the St. Clair County Jail. But a few days later, Brown says she was fast asleep on the top bunk in her cell when she rolled off and fell ...