ST. LOUIS — A lawsuit alleging St. Louis City Justice Center detainees were locked in a sewage-soaked cell for days is moving forward.
A St. Louis city attorney tried to get the case dismissed, but a federal judge denied the motion on Tuesday.
The suit claims that for eleven days, guards kept fifteen people in a cell meant to hold no more than nine. According to the inmates, a backed-up toilet flooded the cell and staff ignored it…