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Inmate had COVID for weeks, St Louis jail didn’t know: Documents Creede Newton © People stare out of windows broken by detainees at the City Justice Center in St Louis, Missouri, in... People stare out of windows broken by detainees at the City Justice Center in St Louis, Missouri, in February 2021 [Courtesy of ArchCity Defenders] The City Justice Center (CJC), a jail in St Louis, Missouri, that saw three revolts in two months over allegedly brutal conditions and unsafe COV...

The City Justice Center (CJC), a jail in St Louis, Missouri, that saw three revolts in two months over allegedly brutal conditions and unsafe COVID-19 protocols, housed a COVID-positive detainee for two weeks before the jail was informed, documents obtained by Al Jazeera show, raising questions about COVID-19 safety protocols inside the jail, and the city’s testing procedures. Litel Gilmore, a pretrial detainee at CJC, tested positive for COVID-19 on December 15, according to confidential med...