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Breaking the prison chains
Rebellion at St. Louis City Jail
A continuous assault on imprisoned inhabitants at the “Justice Center” in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, precipitated the fourth prison rebellion in recent months April 4. (tinyurl.com/yk44uu4g)
Onlookers watch as incarcerated workers chant from broken windows at the city jail in St. Louis, April 4.
Two separate groups smashed out windows in different areas and displayed messages like “Help Us.” People could be heard chanting: “We want court dates!”
The majority of people held in city jails like this one are in pretrial status, without having been convicted of any crime. They are trapped inside for years and exposed to medical neglect and COVID while awaiting trial.
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The call that a riot was breaking out on the second floor of the Oklahoma County jail came in at 11:26 p.m. Feb. 7. There s like four people using weapons, an inmate told the central control employee. I m looking on the camera right now, the employee said. I don t see that.
Are you sure, the inmate asked. Yep, the employee replied. But I ll check with the rover, thank you.
A review of surveillance video, however, shows the employee, Martin Jacobs, never picked up his radio to notify anyone, according to an internal investigative report of the altercation on 2B that night.
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