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Illinois Tolling Statute Unconstitutional by Until 1987 Illinois prisoners had until two years after they were released from prison in which to file lawsuits. Any statute of limitations was tolled by imprisonment. In 1987 the Illinois legislature modified Illinois Rev. Statute ch. 110, ¶ 13-211, so that claims by prisoners …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Failure to Treat Illness Violates Eighth Amendment by Derrick Williams is an Illinois state prisoner. As a result of a car accident he suffers from chronic infectious inflammation of the bone marrow. After being imprisoned a DOC doctor examined Williams and prescribed medication and a course of treatment. Prison officials …
Blind Pretrial Detainees Entitled to Treatment by Anthony Harris was a pretrial detainee in the Cook county jail (Chicago). He is legally blind. While at the jail he repeatedly requested medical treatment for his blindness and frequent eye infections. He also requested special handicapped housing to prevent dangerous situations. Jail …
Article • February 15, 1993 • from PLN February, 1993
Access to Courts Right Explained by Leroy Jenkins is an Illinois state prisoner in Protective Custody (PC). He filed suit claiming the prison policy of denying PC prisoners law library access in person violated his right of access to the court. He also claimed prison law library clerks extorted payments …
BOP Agency for APA Purposes by Garvin White was a federal prisoner at Leavanworth who was accused of attempting to escape and was transferred to Marion. At Marion he was infracted for the attempted escape. The hearing officer did not render a verdict until 4 months after White's arrival at …
Beaten Jail Prisoner Entitled to Counsel by James Swofford is a pre-trial detainee in the Franklin County (IL) jail charged with aggravated sexual assault. Upon being booked into the jail Swofford was placed in a cell with ten other prisoners. During the night they beat, kicked and stomped Swofford, urinated …
Unlawful to Knock Down Handicapped Prisoner by Unlawful To Knock Down Handicapped Prisoner 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 …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Tom Manning Moved to Marion by Tom Manning Moved To Marion Just a note to inform you of my recent change of address. While in my 4th year of being held in the control unit at Trenton, N.J., state prison. I applied for a contact visit with my children, who …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Illinois Facing Prison Crisis by The Illinois prison system is rapidly becoming one of the nations most severely overcrowded, and the states prisons are becoming increasingly dangerous places for both inmates and staff, according to a task force established by Gov. Jim Edgar. The crowding could reach a crisis level …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Exhaustion of State Remedies Not Required to Challenge Parole Board Procedures by Exhaustion of State Remedies Not Required to Challenge Parole Board Procedures in Federal Court The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has held that a prisoner who is dissatisfied with the procedures used to consider his …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Censoring Mail From Courts Violates Due Process by John Stone-El is an Illinois state prisoner whose mail to and from the courts and government officials was opened and read outside his presence. Stone-El filed suit seeking money damages and injunctive relief for the violation of his constitutional rights. He then …
Test for Calling Witnesses at Disciplinary Hearing by An inmate was found guilty of fighting and creating a dangerous disturbance on the basis of his being identified in a photo of the fight by an unidentified person. At the disciplinary hearing, he denied the charges and requested the name of …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, Dental Care
Prison Dentist Sues to Hide AIDS by A dentist who has treated patients at the Metropolitan Corrections Center, Chicago's federal prison, recently filed a lawsuit trying to prevent the Bureau of Prisons from disclosing the fact that he has AIDS to anyone except in medically justified cases. In what lawyers …
Prison Officials Cannot Delay Access to Case Law by Prison Officials Cannot Delay Access To Case Law Washington state prisoner Mark Larue was transferred out of state to the Illinois DOC while pursuing a collateral attack on his conviction. The lawyer representing Larue withdrew from the case and the state …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Law Would Let Prison Mothers Keep Kids by A bill has passed the Illinois State House and Senate which will allow female inmates to keep their children with them until the children reach the age of six. The bill is designed to help preserve a positive relationship between mother and …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Test for Appointed Counsel on 1983 Suits by Test For Appointed Counsel On 1983 Suits A court considering an indigent prison inmate's request for appointed counsel to aid him in pursuing a civil rights action under 42 USC 1983 should consider, as a threshold matter, how hard the prisoner has …
Counsel Appointed in Denial of Telephone, Beating Claim by Counsel Appointed In Denial Of Telephone, Beating Claim Billy Tucker was arrested and jailed in Kendall County, Ill. At the time of his arrest he was bloody and had a broken hand and ribs. He was taken to a hospital and …
Brief • April 15, 1992
City of Chicago PD, IL, Complaint, Police Brutality Against Youth Plaintiff, 1992 COMMAND CHANNEL REVIEW COMPLAINT REGISTER INVESTIGAT!ON NO.: DATE INITIATED CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT Please submit this Command Channel Review fOym through channels with tile case file to o the Internal Affairs Division 'f~ Concur l:;a'the Office of Professional Standards …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Caring Captors? by By Robert Pierce A recent issue of the Cincinnati Enquirer contained an article in which Mid-Western law enforcement officials were complaining about the increasing cost of providing health care to prisoners in county jails. One sheriff, Tim Bivins of Lee County, Illinois, had what he thought was …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
State Prison Systems Emulate Marion Control Unit by Fay Dowker By Faw Dowker and Glen Good Inspired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons' seven year experiment with a super-maximum security "control unit" prison at Marion in southern Illinois, state prison systems across the country have begun operating their own similar …
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