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Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Federal Court Says Illinois Statute Barring More Than One Sex Offender per Address Is Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of Illinois enjoined the state Department of Corrections (DOC) from keeping 25 sex offenders imprisoned who were eligible …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A federal prisoner in Birmingham was gunned down outside a privately-operated reentry facility on July 16, 2022. The Associated Press reported that the prisoner, Larry Taylor, 47, had just been released from the facility, which is operated under contract from the federal Bureau of Prisons …
Article • August 18, 2022
Monkeypox Discovered in Chicago Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Officials say the danger to general population and staff in Chicago’s Cook County Jail is low following a case of monkeypox there that was announced on July 21, 2022. The office of Sheriff Tom Dart said that the infected …
Article • August 8, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Seventh Circuit Says No Evidence Illinois Prisoner Lied About Endangerment to Circumvent PLRA’s Three-Strikes Rule by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a district court committed clear error when it found that a severely mentally ill …
Brief • August 5, 2022
Lippert v. Jeffreys, IL, Notice of Docket Entry, Inadequate Medical-Dental Care, 2022 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 1577 Filed: 08/05/22 Page 1 of 2 PageID #:23473 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE Northern District of Illinois − CM/ECF NextGen 1.6.3 Eastern Division Don Lippert, et al. Plaintiff, v. Case No.: 1:10−cv−04603 …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$1,425,000 Paid to Epileptic Illinois Detainee Denied Medication Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Upper Bunk in Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On December 26, 2021, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by an epileptic former Illinois jail detainee after he accepted $1,425,000 to settle claims that …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19’s Impact on Prisoners Far Worse Than It Needed to Be by Kevin Bliss, Edward Lyon by Kevin Bliss and Ed Lyon In September 2021, a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit research and advocacy group Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) gave a failing grade to 42 …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by   Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Illinois Counties Fail in Challenge to State Statutory Ban on ICE Detention Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a decision handed down on December 6, 2021, a federal court in Illinois decided that the Constitution’s proscription against the federal government’s efforts to “commandeer” functions that rightfully belong to …
Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter David M. Reutter For prison officials and healthcare providers who refused to grant an Illinois prisoner an exemption from wearing “black box restraints” during medical transport, a federal district court …
Brief • July 6, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Richard v. Pfister, IL, Satisfaction of Judgment, Denial of Medical Care, 2022 Case: 1:17-cv-04677 Document #: 217 Filed: 07/06/22 Page 1 of 3 PageID #:2603 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM H. RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 v. Hon. Judge Thomas M. …
Article • June 27, 2022
Seventh Circuit Vacates $8 Million Award to Illinois Prisoner Whose Cancer Metastasized Awaiting Wexford Doctors’ “Collegial Review” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied a petition for the full court to rehear en banc a decision …
Article • June 27, 2022
Seventh Circuit Holds Jail Guard Not Deliberately Indifferent to Illinois Prisoner’s Withdrawal from Smuggled Pills by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a decision published on June 21, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a guard was not deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s symptoms …
Brief • June 24, 2022
Lippert v. Jeffreys, IL, Consent Decree, Inadequate Medical-Dental Care, 2022 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 1557 Filed: 06/24/22 Page 1 of 28 PageID #:22927 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROB JEFFREYS, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) …
Brief • June 22, 2022
Lippert v. Jeffreys, IL, Motion for a Finding of Contempt, Inadequate Medical-Dental Care, 2022 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 1556 Filed: 06/22/22 Page 1 of 29 PageID #:22806 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROB JEFFREYS, et al., Defendants. ) ) …
Brief • June 8, 2022
Richard v. Pfister, IL,Settlement, Denial of Medical Care, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 V. D istrict Judge Thomas M. Durkin RAND Y PFISTER, et al., D efendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Th.is …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was indicted on April 22, 2022, for assaulting three prisoners and then filing a false report to cover it up, the Associated Press reported. The guard, Lorenzo Mills, 55, was charged with beating three male prisoners with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In April 2021, Illinois’ DuPage County Jail (DCJ) and its Psychiatric Services Medical Director agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by detainee Dean Fuerstenberg, who attempted suicide at the jail …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Suit of Epileptic Illinois Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Top Bunk by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On October 26, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the decision of a federal district court in Illinois to dismiss a suit brought …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Illinois Department of Corrections Cancels Contract with Canteen Provider Keefe by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On December 14, 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) canceled its contract with the Keefe Group as provider of prison commissary items. The next day, the state’s chief procurement officer, Ellen Daley, released …
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