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Illinois Pays $450,000 to Prisoner Who was Raped, Punished for Reporting It
Loaded on June 30, 2017
by Lonnie Burton
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2017, page 49
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Retaliatory Segregation,
Prison Rape Elimination Act.
Location:
Illinois.
by Lonnie Burton
An Illinois State prisoner who was raped agreed to settle his lawsuit against Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) officials who punished him for reporting the sexual assault. The $450,000 payout was one of the largest in state history for a prison retaliation case.
In August 2011, James ...
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