A dead body went untouched for hours. Children were jailed with adults. Holding cells overflowed with detainees.
Last December, the acting chief of St. Louis’ jail was accused of breaking federal law, according to internal disciplinary records obtained by St. Louis Public Radio. Afterward, the former jail boss, Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah, demoted Tammy Ross from deputy jail commissioner to an administrative assistant.
The documents describe the latest indication of turmoil at the City Justice Center, a facility scrutinized for a lack of transparency and poor conditions that have contributed to detainee deaths, protests and the ouster of jail leadership…