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Qualified Immunity Denied in Illinois Jail Rape Case
Loaded on June 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2006, page 39
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of qualified immunity for failing to protect a pretrial detainee from being raped by his cellmate.
Filed under:
Sexual Assault,
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Appeals,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Illinois.
In 1999, David Velez was confined in the Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Jail. In late August, Velez got a cellmate, Roberto Zayas, who was being held ...
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