Wrongfully Imprisoned for 26 Years, Chicago Brothers Sue Cop Who Framed Them by A year after their murder convictions were tossed and they were freed from an Illinois prison where they’d spent 26 years, a pair of brothers got a certificate of innocence from a state court on May 31, …
Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative” by A “Provider Handbook” for “Physicians, Psychiatrists, Dentists, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants” employed in Illinois state prisons by Wexford Health Sources warns that “[i]nmates can be very manipulative,” so healthcare workers are advised to “[n]ever take anything from or …
In Suit Over Moldy Cells Causing Fungal Infection, Illinois Warden Denied Summary Judgment Wins Anyway by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 19, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Illinois denied a state prison warden’s motion for summary judgment in a federal civil rights lawsuit over …
Phillips v. Hulett, IL, Settlement, Strip Searches, 2023 3:12-cv-03087-JEH # 322-2 Filed: 11/29/23 EXHIBIT 1 Page 1 of 25 3:12-cv-03087-JEH # 322-2 Filed: 11/29/23 Page 2 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION PATRICIA PIDLLIPS, et al., Plaintiffs, -vsMELODY HULETT, et …
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
USA v. Prince, IL, Memo Opinion and Order, Felon in Possession of Firearm, 2023 Case: 1:22-cr-00240 Document #: 73 Filed: 11/02/23 Page 1 of 22 PageID #:576 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. GLEN PRINCE, Defendant. …
Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Knee Surgery Delayed 29 Months by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Illinois prison officials accused of violating a state prisoner’s civil …
News in Brief by Alabama: According to WSFA in Montgomery, a guard at the Montgomery County Detention Center was charged on July 18, 2023, with conspiracy to provide contraband to a prisoner as well as bribing a public official. Timothy Bernard Summerlin, 33, had worked at the lockup for roughly …
$50,002 Jury Award to Illinois Prisoner Retaliated Against for Daughter’s Facebook Posts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 30, 2023, a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois awarded $50,002 in damages to state prisoner Larry ‘Rocky’ Harris on his claim …
Kyles v. Beaugard, IL, Judgment, Retaliation, 2023 ILND 45o<Refan~oti>1,-§.ilgMe.Q~ij~~i1Q_ggiment #: 601 Filed: 08/21/23 Pa~e 1 of 2 PagelD #:20871 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Timothy Kyles, Plaintiff(s), Case No. 1: 15-cv-08895 Judge Steven C. Seeger v. Fred Beaugard, et al., Defendant(s); · .. …
Seventh Circuit: Cook County Jail Grievance Procedure An “Incomprehensible Trap” by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On March 16, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that the grievance procedure in Chicago’s Cook County Jail is an “incomprehensible trap,” making it effectively unavailable to a detainee …
BOP Closes Deadliest Unit by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 14, 2023, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced it was closing Special Management Unit (SMU) at the U.S. Penitentiary (USP) in Thomson, Illinois, where seven deaths have been recorded since it opened in 2019, the highest death …
Former Illinois Guards Sentenced for Prisoner’s Fatal Beating by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On March 16, 2023, Judge Sue Myerscough of the federal court for the Central District of Illinois sentenced former state prison guards Alex Banta, 31, and Todd Sheffler, 54, to 20 years in prison for the …
Rowe v. Raoul, IL, Opinion, Cash Bail, 2023 2023 IL 129248 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 129248) JAMES R. ROWE, Kankakee County State’s Attorney, et al., Appellees, v. KWAME RAOUL, Attorney General of Illinois, et al, Appellants. Opinion filed July 18, 2023. CHIEF JUSTICE …
News in Brief by Alabama: A guard with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was indicted on April 27, 2023, on charges he sexually abused two prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Aliceville, according to a report by the Birmingham News. Robert D. Smith allegedly had sexual intercourse …
Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Prison Work Injury by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Courtof Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed an Illinois prisoner’s lawsuit for misjoinder of defendants and claims. Finding the claims …
Seventh Circuit: Attorney’s Submission of Illinois Prisoner’s Grievance Exhausts Administrative Remedies by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on January 11, 2023, affirmed a district court ruling that when an Illinois prisoner’s attorney submitted his grievances to the appropriate administrative office …
Snowden v. Henning, IL, Opinion, Excessive Force, 2023 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-1463 DONALD V. SNOWDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEREMY HENNING, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. No. 3:19-cv-01322-JPG — J. Phil Gilbert, …
Staake v. Illinois DOC, IL, Settlement, FOIA Violation, 2023 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS JARED M. STAAKE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 2018-MR-710 2022-MR-129 ) vs. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This …
Almost $42,500 Awarded to Illinois Prisoner for Denial of Physical Therapy by Wellpath Nurse by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On May 31, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois awarded attorney’s fees and costs totaling $17,449.90 to a state prisoner who earlier convinced a …
