×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Former Detainee Alleges Unconstitutional Conditions at Illinois Jail, Accepts $7,501 Judgment
Loaded on March 15, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2014, page 34
On April 24, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former pretrial detainee at the Edgar County Jail (ECJ) in Illinois stated a claim concerning unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the facility. The appellate court also affirmed the dismissal of a claim alleging deliberate indifference to the ...
Filed under:
Medical Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Injury -- Misc.,
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Overcrowding,
Ventilation,
Exercise,
Exposure to Cold,
Plumbing,
Sanitation,
Bedding,
Vermin.
Location:
Illinois.
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Corizon Needs a Checkup: Problems with Privatized Correctional Healthcare, by Greg Dober
- Florida County Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Deceased Prisoner’s Estate, by Derek Gilna
- Seventh Circuit Upholds Removal of Prisoner’s Dreadlocks
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Second Circuit Vacates Magistrate’s Judgment Entered without Consent
- Why There’s an Even Larger Racial Disparity in Private Prisons Than in Public Ones, by Katie Rose Quandt
- Arrest-Proof Yourself, by Dale Carson and Wes Denham, by John Dannenberg
- When Victims Speak Up in Court – in Defense of the Criminals, by Andrew Cohen
- Texas Criminal Court Fees are a Tax on Poor Defendants, by Matthew Clarke
- Oregon Jail Guard Quits, Divorces Wife for Former Prisoner
- South Dakota Parole Board Improperly Enhanced Prisoner’s Parole Date
- California Female Prisoners Sterilized
- Kentucky Supreme Court: Probation Cannot be Extended for Sex Offender Treatment
- Former Detainee Alleges Unconstitutional Conditions at Illinois Jail, Accepts $7,501 Judgment
- Seventh Circuit Upholds FTCA Venue Transfer
- Alabama Sheriff Made Party on Counterclaim Alleging Prisoners Subjected to Sexual Abuse
- Adverse Inference Instruction Required for New York Jail’s Destruction of Video Evidence
- Washington Jail Denied Good Time without Due Process; Rehearing Ordered
- California County Not Liable for Misconduct of Jail Guard Not Acting within Scope of Employment
- Texas Courts Examine Proof of Ability to Pay Probation Fees before Revocation, by Matthew Clarke
- Second Circuit: Videoconference at Resentencing Violates Right to be Present
- Taylor County, Texas Rarely Disciplines Jailers
- Eighth Circuit: Denial of Nominal Damages Jury Instruction was Improper
- D.C. Circuit Holds PLRA’s Exhaustion Requirement Inapplicable to Former Prisoner
- Michigan Parole and Probation Supervision Scrutinized; Three Officials Fired
- The Federal Tort Claims Act: A Primer, by Derek Gilna
- Psst! Hey Man, Need Some Execution Drugs?
- A Rare Look Inside the Maine State Prison's "Supermax", by Lance Tapley
- Video Visitation a Growing Trend, but Concerns Remain
- Online Gaming Accounts of New York Registered Sex Offenders Restricted or Closed
- PLRA Does Not Permit Waiver of Court-ordered Answer
- New Hampshire Prisoners Suspected of Breaching Prison Computer System
- Businesses, Members of Congress Not Happy with UNICOR, by Derek Gilna
- Ninth Circuit Holds Staff Sexual Abuse Presumed Coercive; State Bears Burden of Rebutting Presumption
- Lawsuits filed over Oregon Jail Death
- News in Brief
More from these topics:
- BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death, April 26, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference.
- After Stripping Crucial Jail Services, NYC Splurges on $90,000 in Submachine Guns for Rikers Island Guards, April 26, 2024. Jail Misconduct, Release and Reentry.
- “Sisters-In-Law” of Brazilian Prisoners Going Viral on TikTok, April 26, 2024. Conditions of Confinement, Prisoner Media, Internet.
- NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits, April 1, 2024. Naphcare, Primecare Medical, Corizon, Contractor Misconduct, Seizures, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Staffing, Vermin, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
- Grand Jury Slams Sacramento County for Delaying Jail Improvements Mandated in Consent Decree, April 1, 2024. Systemic Medical Neglect, Overcrowding, Sanitation, Jail Specific, Consent Decrees, Suicides, Grand Jury, Contempt.
- Months-Long Wisconsin Prison Lockdown Prompts Lawsuits, April 1, 2024. Systemic Medical Neglect, Overcrowding, Staffing, Lockdowns.
- Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018, April 1, 2024. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Public Records Act.
- $8.5 Million Settlement After Pretrial Detainee Suffocated by Guards and Medical Staff at Virginia Psychiatric Hospital, April 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Civil Commitment.
- One Detainee Dying Every Week in L.A. County Jails, April 1, 2024. Systemic Medical Neglect, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Class Actions.
- $33 Million Awarded to Family of Oklahoma Jail Detainee Mocked By Nurse and Guards As He Died Begging for Help, April 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.