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