Sunday, August 19, 2012

Inmates Forced Into Gladiator-Style Fighting By St. Louis Jail Guards

Inmates Forced Into Gladiator-Style Fighting By St. Louis Jail Guards: A group of current and former inmates filed a federal lawsuit against the St. Louis city workhouse on Friday, claiming guards forced them to fight each other in gladiator-style combat. The class-action suit claims guards took away inmates’ food and privileges and attacked them if they refused to fight. The “Workhouse Gladiators” say they were [...]/p