Soundcloud: Caged During Covid-19 Story #3
An individual recounts how COs refused to let people in jail know who had COVID and refused to give medical attention to people with COVID-like symptoms.
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Person describes how a jail does not give masks or cleaning supplies to clean blood off of cell walls.
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"Conditions are disgusting:" Nothing has been disinfected in a week, showers and bathrooms are filthy, COs walking around without masks.
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Person describes how people in jail are not given masks or hand sanitizer, and that COs walk around without masks; he fears COVID will spread like wildfire.
read moreSoundcloud: Horror Stories From St. Francois County Jail (Stefani Rudigier)
Plaintiff Stefani Rudigier describes how the conditions in the St. Francois County Jail are worse than anything she's ever experienced, including COs who treat them like animals.
read moreSoundcloud: Caged During Covid-19 Story #4
Someone detained in the City jail discusses how poorly they are treated by corrections staff; City staff treats people detained like they are crooks and don’t provide them with...
read moreSoundcloud: Caged During Covid-19 Story #2
A pregnant wife worries that if her incarcerated husband contracts COVID, the COs will not let him go to the hospital since others have not been taken to the...
read moreLawsuit: Qiana Willilams v. City of Arnold
In 2017, ArchCity Defenders sued the City of Arnold for repeatedly jailing our client, Qiana Williams. While jailed, Ms. Williams was denied accommodation for an allergy she suffered.
read moreAdvocacy: Joint Letter to the Missouri Supreme Court
In March 2020, as Covid-19 cases grew, the Missouri State Public Defender, ArchCity Defenders, and many others wrote to the Missouri Supreme Court to reduce jail and prison populations...
read moreQuinton Thomas et al. v. City of St. Ann
ACD and co-counsel sued the City of St. Ann and numerous other municipalities for jailing debtors at the overcrowded and horrific St. Ann city jail.
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