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Illinois: $380,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Other Prisoners
Loaded on July 2, 2018
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2018, page 42
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Racial Discrimination,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Failure to Treat.
Location:
Illinois.
by Matt Clarke
On April 23, 2017, Cook County, Illinois paid $380,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman using the pseudonym “Jane Doe,” who alleged she was repeatedly beaten and sexually assaulted by other prisoners during her 27-day stay at the Cook County jail, while guards and medical ...
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