ST. LOUIS — A faulty locking system allowed inmates at a downtown city jail to escape their cells Saturday before freeing other “very violent people” …
Outbursts at St. Louis jail
People being held in the St. Louis Justice Center have broken windows and set fires in the jail twice since February. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch tracks what happened, and what inmates and attorneys have said about conditions in the jail, where inmates are held before they go to trial.
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February uprising
Coverage from the unrest in February, and the decisions and explanations after the event.
ST. LOUIS — The chaos that boiled over in the City Justice Center on Saturday was an organized protest by detainees over inhumane conditions inside …
ST. LOUIS — The head of the city’s jails said Monday that efforts to replace damaged locks at the City Justice Center began before the onset of the …
A current member of a board designed to oversee the St. Louis County Jail outlined some of the struggles the board has faced during a meeting Tuesday …
UPDATED at 5 p.m. Thursday with city rejecting request to tour downtown jail. ST. LOUIS — City officials on Thursday rebuffed a request by the …
ST. LOUIS — A task force’s top priority for improving the St. Louis City Justice Center is establishing an independent oversight board with …
ST. LOUIS — Guards and staff at the St. Louis City Justice Center had been aware for up to five years that malfunctioning locks could be jimmied by …
Opinion pieces
Easter Sunday uprising
UPDATED at 9:30 a.m. with comments from mayoral candidates and the city. ST. LOUIS — Inmates in at least two areas of the City Justice Center escaped …
For the second time in two months, inmates at the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis smashed out windows and threw out burning debris in a …
As reporters learn more about the conditions at the jail, why inmates felt they had to resort to protest, and other issues about justice in St. Louis, you can find that coverage here.