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Unlawful to Knock Down Handicapped Prisoner

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1992 published in Prison Legal News December, 1992, page 3
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Municipal Liability. Location: Illinois.
Unlawful To Knock Down Handicapped Prisoner

Laneer Winder is a handicapped Illinois pretrial detainee in the Chicago jail. Due to a back injury Winder cannot walk more than short distances and needs leg braces to walk at all. While going from his cell to recreation he paused to rest. A …

 

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