Opinion: St. Louis County jail’s success is challenged by new issues

Recent improvements at the St. Louis County jail are threatened by overcrowding, understaffing and aging infrastructure, writes WashU Public Health's Tim McBride, who has served on the Justice Services Board since 2019.

Tamara Schneider, MPH, PhD, is the assistant director of communications and senior science writer at Bursky Public Health. She holds a bachelor’s degree in molecular biophysics & biochemistry and in sociology from Yale University, a master’s in public health from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in biomedical science from the University of California, San Diego. She joined WashU as a science writer in 2016.