Inmates at the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis reportedly smashed windows, created floods and set fires in the jail building Saturday morning, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
City officials said that all of the inmates involved were returned to custody before 10 am.
Inmates at St. Louis Justice Center have taken over at least part of the jail. There have been protests over COVID-19 dangers inside. Not sure if this is part of that. pic.twitter.com/roSCtkIHSK
— Doyle Murphy (@DoyleMurphy) February 6, 2021
Some 115 detainees on the fourth floor of the jail clogged toilets, creating floods, and set fires, spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson, Jacob Long, said. Long said that about 65 inmates were being transferred to the Medium Security Institution this morning following the disturbance.
Inmates gathered near broken windows on the 4th floor of the jail at around 6:30 am, reportedly throwing debris out of the windows and onto on Tucker Boulevard, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Small fires could be seen inside the windows of the building, and some objects being thrown from the windows appeared to have been set on fire.
Inmates set fire, break out windows at downtown St. Louis jail https://t.co/VLpg0yNqR8
— KMOX St. Louis News (@kmoxnews) February 6, 2021
Firefighters and other first responders arrived at the jail before 7 am, as a small crowd congregated to observe the spectacle.
Long called the incident a "very dangerous disturbance" and said that the Mayor as well as Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards were present at the scene.
There are a total of 633 detainees in custody at the City Justice Center, the the incident only involved detainees on the fourth floor, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
It's unclear how the inmates were able to cause such chaos from within the jail. This is reportedly the third disturbance of this kind at the City Justice Center in recent weeks.
Join and support independent free thinkers!
We’re independent and can’t be cancelled. The establishment media is increasingly dedicated to divisive cancel culture, corporate wokeism, and political correctness, all while covering up corruption from the corridors of power. The need for fact-based journalism and thoughtful analysis has never been greater. When you support The Post Millennial, you support freedom of the press at a time when it's under direct attack. Join the ranks of independent, free thinkers by supporting us today for as little as $1.
Remind me next month
To find out what personal data we collect and how we use it, please visit our Privacy Policy
