WE'LL
WE'LL BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT INCIDENT AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MORE COMING UP IN ABOUT
15 MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT, ANTHONY , THANKS.
WELL, IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE VERY
LATEST ON THE SECOND RIOT AT
THE CITY JUSTICE CENTER THAT
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
IT COMES JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER
ANOTHER UPRISING TOOK PLACE
THERE.
THAT'S WHAT ALL THOSE FLASHING
LIGHTS WERE ABOUT IN DOWNTOWN
ST..
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A MAP THE
JUSTICE CENTER IS ON TUCKER
BETWEEN WALNUT AND CLARK NOT
FAR FROM CITY HALL.
IN FACT, IT'S JUST RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET AND WALKING DISTANCE
FROM THE ENTERPRISE CENTER
CLOSE ENOUGH TO CASTEE K THAT
OUR CREWS COULD ACTUALLY HEAR
THE YELLING AS THINGS UNFOLDED
.
OUR RYAN DEAN IS ABOUT HELSLEY
ARE THERE THIS MORNING.
THEY'RE BREAKING DOWN WHAT
HAPPENED AND HOW CITY LEADERS
ARE NOW RESPONDING.
WE BEGIN OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH
RYAN AND RYAN.
THERE WAS QUITE AN INTENSE
SITUATION THAT ACTUALLY YEAH,
THAT'S RIGHT, AN INTENSE
SITUATION FOR SURE SET THE
SCENE RIGHT NOW FOR YOU THOUGH
THINGS ARE QUIET BUT ONE THING
THAT WE CAN SEE ACTUALLY ITEMS
IN A TISL HERE BELOW THE
JUSTICE CENTER LOOKS LIKE SOME
OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE THROWN
FROM THE JUSTICE CENTER LAST
NIGHT WE SAW A MAN SWEEPING THE
THE FRONT OF A WALK OVERNIGHT
AND AGAIN THINGS ARE QUIET BUT
YOU CAN SEE WHAT REMAINS HERE
FROM THE CHAOS THAT TOOK PLACE
LAST NIGHT.
THE CITY NOT SAYING A WHOLE LOT
THIS MORNING, JUST SAYING THERE
WERE TOO VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS
DISTURBANCES THAT ORIGINATED
FROM TWO UNITS ON THE THIRD
FLOOR AND THAT IT STARTED
AROUND EIGHT THIRTY SUNDAY
NIGHT WHEN DETAINEES BECAME
NONCOMPLIANT, COVERED SECURITY
CAMERAS, SMASHED WINDOWS AND
DESTROYED PROPERTY.
OUR CREWS CAUGHT THE CHAOS.
INMATES GATHERING AT THE BROKEN
WINDOWS THROWING ITEMS TO THE
STREET BELOW.
SMOKE COULD BE SEEN POURING OUT
OF THE WINDOW.
THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN
POLICE DEPARTMENT CIVIL
DISTURBANCE TEAM WAS AMONG THE
OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THE
SCENE AT AROUND 11:00 LAST
NIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDOWS
ON THE THIRD FLOOR WERE SMASHED
OUT 30 MINUTES LATER, MAYBE 45
MINUTES LATER LOOKED LIKE
POLICE STARTED TO GET THINGS
UNDER CONTROL AND THE CROWD
STARTED TO CLEAR THE SCENE.
NOW SOURCES TELL OUR TEAMS,
CHRISTINE BYERS ABOUT 30 TO 40
INMATES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS
UPRISING AND OUR CREWS ACTUALLY
REPORT HEARING FLASHBANGS USED
BY POLICE AND THAT LOOKS LIKE
HOW THINGS GOT UNDER CONTROL
HERE AT THE CITY JAIL.
BUT YOU HEARD IT MENTIONED A
SECOND TIME IN TWO MONTHS SO
EERILY EERILY SIMILAR WHAT HAS
BEEN DONE SINCE THEN.
LET'S SEND IT OVER TO OUR
SAVANNAH LOUIS.
YEAH, GOOD MORNING TO YOU,
RYAN.
SO HERE'S THE THING AFTER THAT
FEBRUARY DISTURBANCE, ST. LOUIS
MICHAH LYDAKREWSON APPOINTED A
TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT THREE
DIFFERENT THINGS JAIL
CONDITIONS, ANY REPAIRS, THE
BUILDING MIGHT NEED ALONG WITH
A BACKLOG OF CASES AT THE 20
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT.
NOW THAT TASK FORCE ABOUT SIX
DIFFERENT AREAS FOR
RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHANGE.
THEY INCLUDE UPGRADES TO
SECURITY SYSTEM AND MAXIMUM
SECURITY GATES AND AUDIT
OF DETAINEE CONFINEMENT TIMES
AND GROUP SIZES AND A
RECOMMENDATION TO CIRCUIT
ATTORNEY KIM GARDNER'S OFFICE
TO MOVE CASES FASTER THROUGH
THE COURTS.
NOW STAFFING REMAINS A HUGE
ISSUE DURING THE FEBRUARY
REVOLT, THE CITY'S DIVISION
OF CORRECTIONS WAS ABOUT 70
GUARDS SHORT THIS MORNING A
CORRECTIONS OFFICER TOLD FIVE
ON YOUR SIDE THEY'RE DOWN ABOUT
84 OFFICERS NOW THE CITY'S
PERSONNEL DIRECTOR SAYS QUOTE
VACANCIES WERE BEING HELD FOR
THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF THE
MEDIUM SECURITY INSTITUTION
KNOWN AS THE WORKHOUSE JAIL
CONDITIONS ALSO APPEAR TO
CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM
LARGELY DUE TO COVID-19
RECREATION TIME HAS BEEN CUT
THIS LIMITED PHONE USE DINING
AND SHOWER TIME ALONG WITH
VISITATION AND PROGRAMING
ACTIVITIES.
NOW ONE BIG QUESTION ON
EVERYONE'S MIND COULD THIS
HAPPEN AGAIN?
WELL, WE KNOW THESE INMATES
WERE ABLE TO JIMMY THE LOCKS TO
THEIR CELLS TO INCITE THESE
DISTURBANCES.
THESE LOCKS ARE ABOUT TWO
DECADES OLD.
THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH AS OLD AS
THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THEY'VE BEEN BROKEN FOR MONTHS.
THE STLOUISCO COMMISSIONER SAYS
THEY CAN TAKE WEEKS TO REPAIR
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PARTS
NEEDED AREN'T READILY
AVAILABLE.
NOW THIS MORNING WE CONTINUE TO
WORK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
BACKLOG IN THE CASE IS