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Restore Justice Foundation v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, Public Records Request, 2019

Brief • September 10, 2019

Filed under: Lockdowns, Public Records, Public Records Act

Restore Justice Foundation v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, Public Records Request, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case# 18-7241 18-CH-7241 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Case Name Restore Justice Foundation v. IDOC Defendants: Filed Received 06/07/18 06/18/18 Date Served Status closed Class Action □ On Appeal □ Spears □ Pro …

Illinois Jail Guard Secretly Prosecuted for Assaulting Prisoner

Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Illinois Jail Guard Secretly Prosecuted for Assaulting Prisoner by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Francisco Valdes, 44, a jailer with the sheriff’s office in Will County, Illinois, was the subject of a secret prosecution at that county’s courthouse. Valdes was charged with two misdemeanor counts of battery in December 2018.  …

Boykin v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement, Failure to Treat Mental Illness, 2019

Brief • September 6, 2019

Filed under: Medication, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Deliberate Indifference

Boykin v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement, Failure to Treat Mental Illness, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case# 16-50161 16-CV-50161 Plaintiffs: Case Name Filed Boykin, Marshaun #R54017v. Dixon, et al. Defendants: Received xx/xx/xx Date Served Status closed xx/xx/xx Class Action D OnAppeal D Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: D Pro …

Jones v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019

Brief • September 6, 2019

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General)

Jones v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 16-68 Official Case# Case Name Filed Received Status 16-CV-68 Jones, Henry #M14317 v. Wexford Health Source, Inc., et al 01/21/16 03/18/16 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Defendants: Date Served Closed D Class Action OnAppeal □ Spears D …

Hall v. Punke, IL, Settlement, Solitary Confinement and Retaliation, 2019

Brief • September 5, 2019

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Hall v. Punke, IL, Settlement, Solitary Confinement and Retaliation, 2019 .' .. Case# Official Case# 15-1031 SD 15-CV-1031 Case Filed Hall, Robert #R00852 v. Godinez, et al. Received xx/xx/xx Status closed 3/27 /15 □ Class Action . □ On Appeal r ■; t - . r. "' , jR I …

Troutman v. Mutayoba, IL, Settlement, Religious Worship, 2019

Brief • August 28, 2019

Filed under: Religious Diet, Religious Practices, Religious Freedom/Worship

Troutman v. Mutayoba, IL, Settlement, Religious Worship, 2019 - -• .... ,. },!-. • Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case # .. 17-CV-941 Plaintiffs: Case Name Defendants: I --:i. Filed Troutman, Jeason #507355 v. Mutayoba, et al. IDOC# .. 9/1/17 Date Served Received 10/2/17 closed Class Action D …

Henry v. Wexford, IL, Settlement (Wexford), Medical Neglect, 2019

Brief • August 26, 2019

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Failure to Treat

Henry v. Wexford, IL, Settlement (Wexford), Medical Neglect, 2019 LEWIS C. HENRY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ) ) Plaintiff, vs. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., et al., Defendants. ) ) ) No. 14 CV 3213 ) ) Honorable Charles R. Norgle, Sr. ) Magistrate M. …

Jackson v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019

Brief • August 22, 2019

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat

Jackson v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS 1.0 This General Release and Settlement Agreement (the "Agreement") between Plaintiff, Kevin Jackson ("Releasor") and Defendant, Wexford Health Sources, Inc. ("Wexford"), and each of their past, present, and future officers, directors, partners, stockholders, attorneys, agents, servants, employers, …

Williams v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019

Brief • August 21, 2019

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Diabetes, Failure to Treat

Williams v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 Confidential Settlement Agreement Williams v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc. et al 14-CV-932 (N.D. Ill.) In The United States District Court For The Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division MELVIN WILLIAMS Plaintiff, v. Case Number 14-cv-932 Hon. Thomas M. Durkin WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, …

Tidwell v. Asselmeier, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019

Brief • August 16, 2019

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference

Tidwell v. Asselmeier, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In full and complete consideration of the payment by - of the sum of Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars $5,750, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I, Cleother Tidwell, (the "Releasor") on …

Lee v. Pfister, IL, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2019

Brief • August 15, 2019

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)

Lee v. Pfister, IL, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2019 1:19-cv-01277-CSB # 1 Page 1 of 80 UNITED STAl'~ 0::C.~TfU.C.T E-FILED Thursday, 15 August, 2019 12:52:57 PM couR,Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD fo-r \\re, CEN,RA L CY.I£T UC..\ OF ~ ' I S PA\J. L Lee., ~\Q,n-\ -\~, ~~L~~ ~. C\'-1',\ …

Hebeler v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019

Brief • August 14, 2019

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference

Hebeler v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 ____ ., , · -- - IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION • ;,· ~ , .: :' \ . J • • GENERAL RELEAsE9F ALL CLAIMS This Settl~ment Agreement is made anq entered into this …

Cerbertowicz v. Godinez, IL, Settlement, Religious Worship, 2019

Brief • August 9, 2019

Filed under: Religious Diet, Religious Practices, Religious Freedom/Worship

Cerbertowicz v. Godinez, IL, Settlement, Religious Worship, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS KENNETH CERBERTOWICZ, Plaintiff, vs. SALVADOR GODINEZ, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 13-1579 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General …

Cook County Commissioners Approve $1.5 Million Settlement for Jail Beating

Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

Filed under: Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

Cook County Commissioners Approve $1.5 Million Settlement for Jail Beating by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Irene Nash, suffering from bipolar disorder, found herself on the wrong side of the law when she returned to her former childhood home. She entered the house and drank a bottle of wine. It …

Illinois Prison Phone Rates are Lowest Following Grassroots Activism

Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

Filed under: Organizing, Lobbying, Protests, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Illinois Prison Phone Rates are Lowest Following Grassroots Activism by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar, Truthout “There were a lot of times my sons tried calling me,” recalled Annette Taylor, who regularly receives calls from her two sons in prison, “but there was no money on the account.” Those were some …

Cook County Sheriff’s Office Pays $110,000 to Settle PLN Censorship Suit

Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Publications/Books, PLN Litigation, Censorship

Cook County Sheriff’s Office Pays $110,000 to Settle PLN Censorship Suit by On June 25, 2019, Cook County, Illinois finalized a settlement in a lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), over the censorship of publications mailed to prisoners at the county …

Thompson v. Wexford, IL, Merit Review, Inadequate Health Care, 2019

Brief • August 6, 2019

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pain, Obesity, Americans with Disabilities Act, Inadequate Health Care Facilities, Deliberate Indifference

Thompson v. Wexford, IL, Merit Review, Inadequate Health Care, 2019 Case 3:19-cv-00288-SMY Document 7 Filed 08/06/19 Page 1 of 11 Page ID #112 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DENNIS THOMPSON, # B67474, Plaintiff, vs. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., JACQUELINE LASHBROO~ MOHAMMED SIDDIQUI, AND …

Jones v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 (1)

Brief • August 1, 2019

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Infections, Inadequate Health Care Facilities

Jones v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 (1) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between the Plaintiff Benny Jones, (hereinafter referred to as "Plaintiff'), and Defendant Wexford Health Sources, Inc. ("Wexford"). The Plaintiff …

Davis v. Moroney, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2019

Brief • July 31, 2019

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Davis v. Moroney, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS MICHAEL DA VIS, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) vs. DONALD MORONEY, Case No. 13-CV-1462 ) ) Defendant. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General …

IL DOC HB6200 lower phone costs

Kickback publication • July 31, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

IL DOC HB6200 lower phone costs Public Act 099-0878 HB6200 Enrolled LRB099 19719 RLC 45164 b AN ACT concerning criminal law. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The General Assembly finds that the ability …