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Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
Illinois Inspector General Finds Prisoner Labor Used to Benefit DOC Employees by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In a report released on October 24, 2021, the Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General (OIG) found that state prisoners had been improperly used to wash cars, shine shoes, give haircuts …
Brief • June 1, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Coe v. Pearson, IL, Order, Denial of Medical Care, 2022 2:17-cv-02291-EIL # 103 Page 1 of 2 E-FILED Wednesday, 01 June, 2022 03:26:46 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Urbana Division ANDREW D. COE, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 17-2291 ELICIA PEARSON, Defendant. …
Publication • 2022
Inside Llinois Civil Commitment -Treatment Behind Razor Wire -2022 Inside Illinois Civil Commitment Treatment Behind Razor Wire A report of key findings from a 2019 survey of the residents at Rushville Treatment and Detention Facility, Illinois 2022 Content Warning A Note Before Reading Some of the stories in this report …
Publication • 2022
Freedom Denied-How the Culture of Detention Created a Federal Jailing Crisis-Oct. 2022 FREEDOM DENIED iii Table of Contents AUTHORS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS P.5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY P.15 CONTEXTUALIZING THE CULTURE OF DETENTION P.53 1. Publicly Available Data Provide Little Insight into the Causes and Contours of the Federal Bail Crisis. 2. The …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Preliminary Injunction Granted to Illinois Prisoner to Receive Non-Allergenic Kosher Meals by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of a state prisoner on October 12, 2021, requiring prison officials to provide him fresh or frozen kosher meal entrées because …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Federal Court Sanctions Wexford for Discovery Abuse in Illinois Prisoner’s Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2021, a federal court in Illinois granted a state prisoner’s motion for sanctions against Wexford Health Sources for responding to a specific discovery request by providing 272,000 pages of documents …
Article • March 28, 2022
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Premised on Nearly Deaf Guard Not Responding to Prisoner’s Cries for Help by Sam Rutherford By Sam Rutherford On February 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of a pretrial detainee’s federal …
Brief • March 11, 2022
Pippion v. Hedden, IL, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - Beating, 2022 3:19-cv-03010-CRL-EIL # 129 Filed: 03/11/22 Page 1 of 22 E-FILED Friday, 11 March, 2022 10:59:20 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS LARRY PIPPION, as Representative of the Estate of …
Brief • March 3, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat
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Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Suit Over ‘Orange Crush’ Shakedown by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on August 25, 2021, that a district court erred in dismissing a state prisoner’s pro se lawsuit by failing to make a finding …
HRDC Sues for Records Denied by Sheriff and Jail in Will County, Illinois by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the nonprofit that publishes Prison Legal News and Criminal Legal News, filed suit in Illinois state court on February 7, 2022, accusing the …
Filing • February 7, 2022
Human Rights Defense Center v. Will County, IL, Complaint, Public Records, 2022 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. WILL COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Andrea Lynn Chasteen Will County …
Brief • February 7, 2022
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Will County State's Attorney's Office, IL, Complaint,Censorship, 2022 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. WILL COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Andrea Lynn Chasteen Will County Circuit Clerk …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Another Death by Taser in Sangamon County, Illinois Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Many issues surrounding criminal justice and law enforcement have been up for debate in recent years, yet the jury is back on the question of Tasers used on people in custody. The weapon has been …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
‘Disconnect’ Between Illinois Prisoner’s Grievance and Complaint Results In Failure to Exhaust by Jacob Barrett Seventh Circuit Also Rules Internal Investigation Does Not Toll Exhaustion by Jacob Barrett A June 16, 2021, ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit highlights the importance for prisoners who file …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to Birmingham Real-Time News, a kidnapper was recaptured after being erroneously released from jail in Jefferson County, Alabama, on December 17, 2021. The prisoner, Matthew Burke, 35, was apprehended during a traffic stop after being released from the Jefferson County Jail on Dec. 11 …
Seventh Circuit: No Case for Loss of Eye from Medical Neglect Because of Lack of Expert Testimony by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit highlights the importance of producing expert testimony to refute assertions made by defendant health …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit by Dale Chappell But Highlights Negligence of DOC and Wexford Health Staff by Dale Chappell Hinting that “another area of law” may provide relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on August 9, 2021, affirmed summary …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
$90,000 Paid by Illinois County to Prisoner Tasered by Two Guards He Wasn’t Resisting by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After guards at the Lake County Jail (LCJ) in Illinois were sued for using excessive force by tasering an unresisting prisoner, the parties reached a settlement for $90,000 on …
Transgender Women in Illinois DOC Secure Injunction with Special Monitor by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Transgender women imprisoned in the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) notched another victory in their legal battle for gender dysphoria treatment on December 13, 2021, when the U.S. District Court for the Southern …
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