from O.R.C.A.
Come watch two surreal compilations of media footage from revolts that
have occurred inside and outside of two jails in St. Louis, Missouri
since 2017. Front and center, they show the agency of prisoners inside
as well as the subversive potential of unmediated communication with
their supporters outside.
WE’RE TOO HOT follows a demonstration in 2017 at the city’s former
holdover facility: the Workhouse. It was sparked by a heatwave that sent
temperatures inside the A/C-less jail into the 110s. In 2021, the
Workhouse was closed after a long campaign against it, but this has left
the equally notorious second jail, the Justice Center, to pick up the
slack. 6 mins
Breaking the Fourth Wall (or A Justice Center Recruitment Video) is a
slog that seeks to keep up with the comical and particularly appalling
management of the Justice Center, which has seen a scandalous amount of
“disturbances,” riots, hostage takings and full-on uprisings over the
since 2020. As well as, 18 prisoner deaths in that time. 26 minutes
[2025/07/29 18:30]
