Civil rights advocates in St. Louis are demanding an investigation into the conditions at the city jail, where six detainees have died since April
FILE - Onlookers watch from the street as inmates chant and throw things from broken windows at the St. Louis Justice Center, known as the city jail, on April 4, 2021. Civil rights advocates in St. Louis are demanding an investigation of conditions at the city jail following the deaths of six detainees since this spring. A coalition of groups on Wednesday, Sept.
"The egregious number of deaths within a five-month period demands answers from CJC and government officials,” the coalition said in a statement.According to the coalition, Robert Lee Miller died on April 28; Augustus Collier died on July 8; a person known by the street name Nelly Boo died on Aug. 10; Donald Henry died on Sept. 3; Courtney McNeal died on Sept. 6; and one other detainee whose name was not known died on some unspecified date since the start of April.
“Between lengthy jail stays that average more than a year, dependence on ‘no bond allowed’ determinations, and the inhumane conditions at CJC, people are left in a cage to deteriorate with no hope of release,” the coalition said. “This is state-sanctioned violence.”
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