Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch

Metro columnist

During the last mayoral election, Anita Washington liked what she heard from Cara Spencer. The St. Louis alderwoman was challenging incumbent Tishaura O. Jones, and part of her pitch was that she would fix both the conditions and transparency of the City Justice Center, which had suffered through a series of jail deaths on Jones’ watch. kAm(2D9:?8E@?’D D@?[ b`\J62C\@=5 $2>F6= {] w2J6D yC][ 925 366? 56E2:?65 2E E96 ;2:= 7@C 23@FE 2 J62C[ 724:?8 2 >FC56C 492C86] $96 H2D H@CC:65 23@FE E96 4@?5:E:@?D E96C6]k^Am kAm“x G@E65 7@C |2J@C $A6?46C 3642FD6 D96 D2:5 D96 H@F=5 7:I E96 r:EJ yFDE:46 r6?E6C[” (2D9:?8E@? E@=5 >6 E9:D H66<]k^Am kAmk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]DE=E@52J]4@>^?6HD^=@42=^4C:>6\4@FCED^2CE:4=60ae4356b7\h2c7\c6ch\h7ff\2heabc7a7ba6]9E>=

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