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Six Month Denial of Exercise Presents Section 1983 Claim
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2001, page 23
An Illinois federal district court ruled that a prisoner's claim that he was denied out-of-cell exercise during a six month prison lockdown "present[ed] a cognizable claim despite the penological justification proffered by the defendants." The Court also ruled that Defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity nor shielded from liability ...
Filed under:
Exercise,
Lockdowns,
Immunity/Liability,
Qualified Immunity,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Illinois.
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