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Inmates at the St. Louis Justice Center gather around the third-floor window on April 4. Attorneys for three current and former inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center claim in a lawsuit that corrections officers regularly abused inmates at the center.
Attorneys claim in a lawsuit that corrections officers regularly abused three current and former inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center.
The federal lawsuit filed Monday says City Justice Center staff violated the constitutional rights of inmates by using tear gas on them and depriving them of water. The lawsuit names St. Louis Corrections Commissioner Dale Glass, City Justice Superintendent Adrian Barnes, Lt. Javan Fowlkes, six correctional officers and the City of St. Louis as defendants.
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Lawsuit: Detainees put in Mace-filled cells, denied water
A federal lawsuit accuses St. Louis correctional officers of putting jail detainees in a room and spraying so much Mace that they struggled to breathe
By JIM SALTER Associated Press
May 24, 2021, 11:05 PM
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A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses St. Louis correctional officers of putting jail detainees in a room and spraying so much Mace that they struggled to breathe.
Other inmates at the downtown City Justice Center were beaten or denied water as a form of punishment sometimes for days according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on behalf of detainees Derrick Jones, Jerome Jones and Darnell Rusan. The suit names the city, Corrections Commissioner Dale Glass, City Justice Center Superintendent Adrian Barnes and several correctional officers. It seeks unspecified damages and a court orde
A federal lawsuit accuses St. Louis correctional officers of putting jail detainees in a room and spraying so much Mace that they struggled to breathe.
The lawsuit alleges that other inmates at the downtown City Justice Center were beaten or denied water as punishment, sometimes for days. The lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on behalf of detainees Derrick Jones, Jerome Jones and Darnell Rusan. It names the city, Corrections Commissioner Dale Glass, City Justice Center Superintendent Adrian Barnes and several correctional officers. It seeks unspecified damages and a court order prohibiting unconstitutional treatment of detainees.
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Lawsuit: Detainees put in Mace-filled cells, denied water
JIM SALTER, Associated Press
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A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses St. Louis correctional officers of putting jail detainees in a room and spraying so much Mace that they struggled to breathe.
Other inmates at the downtown City Justice Center were beaten or denied water as a form of punishment sometimes for days according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on behalf of detainees Derrick Jones, Jerome Jones and Darnell Rusan. The suit names the city, Corrections Commissioner Dale Glass, City Justice Center Superintendent Adrian Barnes and several correctional officers. It seeks unspecified damages and a court order prohibiting unconstitutional treatment of detainees.