Twenty lawsuits were filed by current and former inmates who say they were direct victims of sexual misconduct
Officials were accused of negligence and constitutional rights violations in a 2018 riot in which seven inmates were killed and more than a dozen others injured
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Haddrick Byrd claimed the CO's chronic whistling "was offensive to his beliefs and disruptive to his prayer"
The suit seeks an order banning direct contact with inmates by DOC employees and contractors who refuse vaccines
The lawsuit claims the CO had a history of similar attacks on new medical staff as a "form of training exercise"
Linda Macauley claims county officials violated her husband’s civil rights by not preventing him from dying by suicide
The lights have been stuck on since as early as Nov. 25 because of a malfunction in the system that controls them
The settlement calls for the release of low- to medium-risk inmates who are within nine months of their release date
Along with damages, the inmate is seeking to be transferred out of Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
It's the Commission of Correction's third lawsuit attempt to force the sheriff to abide by the rules imposed on local jails
The family of inmate Daniel Ruiz claims the transfer of infected inmates into the prison led to his death
Claims include ignoring an active suicide attempt, forcing a child to drink from a toilet and slamming a teen's head into a window so hard it cracked the glass
An investigator with the Office of the State Inspector General alleges that her boss suspended her "in an effort to insulate his own position"
The St. Louis City Justice Center has no showers for people in wheelchairs, which, according to the suit, violates the federal Americans with Disabilities Act
New guidance has resulted in immigration officials declining to take custody of people who have served sentences for burglary, drug trafficking and other crimes
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