St. Louis Public Safety Director Discusses Latest Round Of Riots In Justice Center

St. Louis Interim Director of Public Safety, Dr. Daniel Isom (C) talks to reporters about the recent uprising in the cities Criminal Justice Center in St. Louis on Sunday, August 1, 2021. For the second time in four days, inmates got out of their cells and caused a disturbance inside the jail. Now, officials are temporarily moving some inmates to another facility that was recently closed. The riots this week total five times within the last year that inmates have freed themselves from their cells. Fires were set and windows broken, earlier this year. Standing with Isom is Jeffrey Carson, Interim Director of Corrections and Heather Taylor, Deputy Public Safety Director. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI