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Doe v. Kane County, IL, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2017

Brief • May 25, 2017

Filed under: Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Failure to Protect (Staff), Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Doe v. Kane County, IL, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2017 ' =-=,.,,· --=V AO 440 (Rev. OS/00) Summons in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF II.LINOIS SUMMONS IN A CIVIL CASE JANE DOE I, JOHN DOE I, JANE DOE II, JOHNDOEil CASE NUMBER: v. KANE COUNTY, …

Carter v. Baldwin, IL, Complaint, Disability Discrimination, 2017

Brief • May 16, 2017

Filed under: Discrimination, Disabled Prisoners

Carter v. Baldwin, IL, Complaint, Disability Discrimination, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-03690 Document#: 1 Filed: 05/16/17 Page 1 of 27 PagelD #:1 I IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COllJRT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MARVIN CARTER, Plaintiff, V. JOHN R. BALDWIN, TIM CHAMBERLAIN, CHRISTOPHER R. BARNHART, LISA MINTER, SHERRY …

Davis v. Ali, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2017

Brief • May 15, 2017

Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Excessive Force, Restraints

Davis v. Ali, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-03654 Document#: 1 Filed: 05/15/17 Page 1 of 15 PagelD #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL DAVIS, Plaintiff, vs. Stateville prison guard WESAM S. ALI, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT of CORRECTIONS (IDOC), Nurse "MARY", and …

Young v. County of Cook, IL, Settlement, Strip Searches, 2017

Brief • May 11, 2017

Filed under: Prisoner-Staff Harassment, OB/GYN, Consent to Treatment, Body Cavity Searches

Young v. County of Cook, IL, Settlement, Strip Searches, 2017 Case: 1:06-cv-00552 Document #: 858-1 Filed: 05/11/17 Page 1 of 6 PageID #:17034 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Settlement Agreement ("Settlement Agreement") is signed and effective as ofMay 9, 2017, by Illinois National Insurance Company, the Insurance Company of t.he State of …

Morris v. Baldwin, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2017

Brief • May 10, 2017

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Excessive Force, Restraints, Deliberate Indifference

Morris v. Baldwin, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00456-DRH-RJD Document 7 Filed 05/05/17 Page 1 of 11 Page JD #102 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS BARRY MORRIS, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. l 7-cv-0456-DRH JOHN BALDWIN, JACQUELINE LASHBROOK, FRANK LAWRENCE, H. HAWKINS, …

Solitary Confinement Is Used to Break People -- I Know Because I Endured It

Article • May 8, 2017

Filed under: Retaliatory Segregation, Showers, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health

Solitary Confinement Is Used to Break People -- I Know Because I Endured It by Monica Cosby by Monica Cosby, Truthout Solitary confinement. Administrative segregation. Administrative detention. Restrictive housing. Temporary confinement. Protective custody. Appropriate placement. There are many names for solitary confinement. In the Illinois prisons where I was incarcerated, it …

Cox v. Lashbrook, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2017

Brief • May 8, 2017

Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Failure to Protect (General), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Cox v. Lashbrook, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 3:16-cv-01096-NJR-DGW Document 16 Filed 05/08/17 Page 1 of 17 Page ID #360 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JAMES A. COX, K53474 Plaintiff, vs. JACQUELINE LASHBROOK, CHRISTINE BROWN, ALLAN J. BRUMMEL, JOHN R. BALDWIN, …

PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Illinois County for $75,000, Policy Changes

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Publications/Books, PLN Litigation, Censorship, First Amendment

PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Illinois County for $75,000, Policy Changes by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On June 17, 2016, Kane County, Illinois ratified a settlement agreement with Prison Legal News to resolve a federal lawsuit after dozens of copies of PLN sent to prisoners at the county’s jail …

Seventh Circuit Remands Untimely Appeal for Rule 4(a) Extension

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Cold, Clothing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Seventh Circuit Remands Untimely Appeal for Rule 4(a) Extension by On April 29, 2016, the Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a civil detainee’s untimely appeal with instructions to treat a pro se post-judgment motion as a request for an extension of time under Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(5). In 2006, Timothy Bell …

Seventh Circuit: Warden’s Termination of Medical Diets was Deliberately Indifferent

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Food

Seventh Circuit: Warden’s Termination of Medical Diets was Deliberately Indifferent by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that a prison warden who cancelled all prescribed medical diets without first consulting a doctor was deliberately indifferent to the serious medical needs of a prisoner who had been receiving …

Prosecutor’s Investigation Results in Release of Illinois Prisoner Convicted in 1957 Cold Case

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction

Prosecutor’s Investigation Results in Release of Illinois Prisoner Convicted in 1957 Cold Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Jack Daniel McCullough, a 76-year-old veteran and former police officer, was convicted in 2012 of the 1957 abduction and murder of a young girl in perhaps the oldest cold case in …

Ware v. Lake County Sheriff's Office, IL, Settlement, Employment Discrimination, 2017

Brief • May 5, 2017

Filed under: Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation, Employee Litigation

Ware v. Lake County Sheriff's Office, IL, Settlement, Employment Discrimination, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT A.N'DMUTUAL GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release ("Agreement"), is made and entered into by and between LANCE WARE (hereinafter "Ware"), Lhe COUNTY OF LAKE ("County") a11dthe SHERJFF OF LAKE COUNTY lLLlNOJS ("Sheriff') (l1ereafter,Ware, the …

Jackson v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, 2017

Brief • May 4, 2017

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference

Jackson v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, 2017 Case 3:15-cv-00920-NJR Document 145 Filed 05/04/17 Page 1 of 26 Page ID #943 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION MICHAEL JACKSON, #M15131, Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., DIRECTOR OF WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., …

Price v. Walsh, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2017

Brief • May 3, 2017

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Price v. Walsh, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2017 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION of a total of FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000.00), paid by and on behalf of Defendants, DANIEL WALSH, SHERIFF OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, and BRADLEY J. MORRIS, DEPUTY SHERIFF OF CHAMPAIGN …

Lacy v. Dart, IL, Order, Violations of ADA, 2017

Brief • May 2, 2017

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act

Lacy v. Dart, IL, Order, Violations of ADA, 2017 Case: 1:14-cv-06259 Document #: 368 Filed: 05/02/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:8440 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHNATHAN LACY, KENNETH FARRIS, MARQUE BOWERS, MAURICE BOSTON, KEVIN DAWSON, individually and for all …

Lippert v. Baldwin, IL, Memo and Order Granting Class Status, IDOC Health Care, 2017

Brief • April 28, 2017

Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Fourth Amendment

Lippert v. Baldwin, IL, Memo and Order Granting Class Status, IDOC Health Care, 2017 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 534 Filed: 04/28/17 Page 1 of 20 PageID #:9527 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN BALDWIN, et …

Corbin v. Knox County, IL, Settlement Agreement, Jail Suicide, 2017

Brief • April 28, 2017

Filed under: Medication, Bail Bonds, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

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Illinois Kickbacks as of FY2015

Kickback publication • April 26, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

Illinois Kickbacks as of FY2015 pdated : 11/4/2015 AG AG_NAME FUND FUND_NAME 426 CORRECTIONS 523 DEPT OF CORRECTIONS REIMBURSEM 426 CORRECTIONS 523 DEPT OF CORRECTIONS REIMBURSEM REV_SRC 1200 1737 AG AG_NAME FUND FUND_NAME 426 CORRECTIONS 523 DEPT OF CORRECTIONS REIMBURSEM 426 CORRECTIONS 523 DEPT OF CORRECTIONS REIMBURSEM REV_SRC 1200 1737 …

Illinois Governor Threatens Prison Closure, Gets New Budget

Article • April 24, 2017

Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Overcrowding

Illinois Governor Threatens Prison Closure, Gets New Budget by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Nothing inspires politicians to scour under the seat cushions for change like a threat to close prisons. Following months of tense discourse and panic, the Illinois legislature extended its session in November to reach a new …

Barmore v. Dubrick, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016

Brief • April 24, 2017

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

Barmore v. Dubrick, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 5350- MRS/PJS IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SHAWN BARMORE, JR., ) ) Plaintiff, vs. DR. ANTHONY DUBRICK, DR. IMHOTEP CARTER, DR. SALEH OBAISI, WEXFORD HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …