Soundcloud: Horror Stories From St. Francois County Jail (Attorney Karraker)
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.
read moreSoundcloud: Horror Stories From St. Francois County Jail (Attorney Karraker)
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...
read moreSoundcloud: Horror Stories From St. Francois County Jail (Robert Hopple)
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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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.
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