Corrections employees speak out about conditions at downtown St. Louis jail
Detainees need nothing more than a piece of paper to compromise the locks on their cells and start fires Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 6:00 AM CDT May 7, 2021
ST. LOUIS A piece of paper serves as a key and a spark inside the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis.
It’s all any detainee being held there needs to compromise the locks on their cells and put into electrical outlets to start fires during a riot, according to a Corrections Division employee who spoke to the I-Team on the condition of anonymity to protect their job.