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Corrections Officer Charged in Beating Previously Led Training on Mace

"People in leadership are aware of this happening, but they're not doing anything about it," said MJC's Shubra Ohri.

Riverfront Times

Video Footage and Reports Released in Lawsuit Expose Inhumane Treatment of People Detained at St. Louis City Jail

Plaintiffs in a putative class action lawsuit, Jones v. City of St. Louis, filed a motion containing a staggering volume of evidence against the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC), including over 360 use-of-force reports, more than 50 declarations and grievances and video footage of correctional officers macing detainees at point-blank range with “riot-sized” cannisters—often while people are restrained in handcuffs or locked in small cells.

HIV-positive trans woman sues after solitary confinement

"Ms. Roe was trapped in isolation with no way to challenge her conditions," MJC's Shubra Ohri said. "Six years of that led Ms. Roe to self-harm, suicidal ideation, and actual suicide attempts."

The Bay Area Reporter

Trans Woman Living with HIV Held in Solitary Confinement for Six Years Sues

“Six years of that led Ms. Roe to self-harm, suicidal ideation, and actual suicide attempts. This tracks with widespread consensus among the human rights experts, psychologists, physicians, and mental health authorities who say solitary confinement is torturous and should be abolished," MJC's Shubra Ohri said.

Yahoo Life

Transgender Woman Living with HIV Files Lawsuit After Being Held in Solitary Confinement For Over Six Years

On Tuesday, Lambda Legal, the MacArthur Justice Center and Shook, Hardy & Bacon sued the Missouri Department of Corrections on behalf of Jane Roe, a formerly incarcerated transgender woman living with HIV, who was put in solitary confinement for over six years between 2015 and 2021 while held at the Jefferson City Correctional Center due to an unconstitutional and discriminatory policy against people living with HIV.

Man Imprisoned for 12 Years for Unknown Alleged Technical Parole Violation Fights for Release

Missouri State's opaque, unfair parole revocation system is the subject of on-going federal lawsuit.

Class Action Lawsuit Targets City Justice Center’s Culture of Excessive Mace and Water Deprivation

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all individuals detained at the St. Louis City Justice Center who have subjected to or are at risk of being exposed to the violent and systemic use of chemical agents and water shut-offs.