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CJC commissioner outlines 90-day changes: more out-of-cell time, updated policies and hiring push
Summary
Commissioner Nate Haywood told the Public Safety Committee he has focused his first 90 days at the City Justice Center on safety, policy updates and resident programming, reporting 706 residents and expanded out-of-cell time. Aldermen praised progress and pressed for more oversight, training and program details.
Commissioner Nate Haywood told the St. Louis City Public Safety Committee that in his first 90 days leading the City Justice Center (CJC) he prioritized safety, staff development and resident-focused programming.
Haywood, who said he began in the division of corrections after a long career in St. Louis County, told the committee the facility currently houses 706 residents — 51 female and 655 male — and said staff have changed routines so residents are let out "at least 3, 4 times a day, hours a day" to allow showers, phone calls and programming.
"When I first arrived to CJC, my first tour, I went home and I couldn't sleep. I wrote an assessment…
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