Soundcloud: #STLJailsCrisis – Stories From the Front Lines (1)
Testimony from a case worker at the city jail and workhouse
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Individual detained at the Workhouse speaks on COVID conditions and harsh treatment.
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Individual detained at the Workhouse speaks on the freezing conditions inside his cell.
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Wrongfully detained father spends over 20 months in jail while his young son saves up money to make bail.
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Person’s health issues are worsened due to extensive mold in jail.
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Attorney Karraker describes the brutal conditions that people detained in the county jail face, including incidents involving being maced and placed in restraint chairs.
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Person in jail suffers dehydration because the jail does not provide clean water.
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Attorney Karraker describes how the St. Francois County sheriff refuses to feed people detained in the jail, emphasizing that people held in the jail are pre-trial and have not...
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Plaintiff Robert Hopple describes how the food portions were so small and how they were starving, so they ate toothpaste.
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Plaintiff Robert Hopple recounts how the jail withheld necessary medicine, and how mold in the restrooms and showers lead to health complications.
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