Kayla Drake / St. Louis Public Radio
Originally published on April 6, 2021 9:57 am
The day after inmates at the St. Louis Justice Center broke out of their cells, smashed windows and started a fire, city officials again blamed faulty locks in the downtown jail.
The city has begun replacing security doors that more than 100 inmates breached two months earlier, but the incident Sunday night happened on a different set of doors on another floor of the jail. Until every lock can be replaced, city officials said they plan to move some inmates to the city’s jail in north St. Louis, commonly known as the Workhouse, while guards at the downtown jail monitor locks for tampering.
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âI sure thought it would be operating during the Christmas holidays,â Edwards said last week.
âThat would have been glorious. Families could ride it and have this wonderful experienceâ as they sampled the areaâs shops and eateries.
But the COVID-19 pandemic kept trolley backers from implementing their plan to resume service last April for four days a week, using money that had accrued in its sales tax districtâs coffers. Thatâs been put off until the pandemic recedes, next spring or later.
Meanwhile, University City officials have begun talking about what will happen if the trolley isnât on sound financial footing by mid-2022.