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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
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Appeals, Qualified Immunity. Location: Illinois.
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.

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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