St. Louis County Jail Detainees Refused Cells After 1 Internet Outage
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Updated · St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 25
St. Louis County Jail Detainees Refused Cells After 1 Internet Outage
3 articles · Updated · St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 25
Summary
Detainees at the St. Louis County jail refused to return to their cells after an internet outage triggered a disturbance, acting jail director Capt. Timothy Ware said Thursday.
The outage was identified as the cause of the disruption at the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, according to Ware, who recently took over as interim director of justice services.
Thursday's account frames the incident as an operational breakdown tied to connectivity at the jail, with county officials now publicly explaining what set off the detainees' standoff.