Riots and Crowd Control

The officer was treated and released from a hospital after sustaining injuries during the February riot

"This needs to be addressed and no one else is addressing it. These detainees are crying for your help," an organizer said

The city started a project to replace the jail locks after the February unrest; the project requires new cell frames, doors, windows and electronic systems

Some inmates were heard yelling demands for court dates; proceedings have been delayed due to the pandemic

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

A longtime racial justice advocate said the creation of an oversight board is an "urgent priority"

It was the third uprising at the jail since December; advocates say concerns about COVID-19 are at the heart of the anger

Advocates said the uprising was "an act of courage" that was necessitated by inmates' basic needs not being met

Officials have been contending with a locking problem that allows inmates to free themselves from their cells by tampering with the locks

The most effective way to win a battle is to avoid it by knowing what to look for ahead of time

The nearly eight hours of killings and chaos at the prison in April 2018 constituted the nation's deadliest prison riot in nearly 25 years