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Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
$900,000 Settlement in Illinois Jail Guard’s Sexual Assault of Juvenile by Another case of sexual abuse upon a minor by a custodial person has hit the taxpayer’s coffers. This time, a guard at Illinois’ St. Clair County juvenile custody center sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy, causing the County to settle …
Son of Illinois Congressman Fired, Charged With Raping Prisoners by On September 10, 2007, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) fired Jeffery M. Rush, son of U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL). Jeffrey Rush, 42, who was employed as an assistant supervisor at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in …
Article • June 15, 2008
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Illinois Court of Appeals Holds HIV Status Disclosure Order Overbroad by On December 31, 1991, an Illinois court of appeals held that a circuit court’s order disclosing HIV status following mandatory HIV testing of a prisoner who had been convicted of illegally possessing a syringe or hypodermic needle was overbroad. …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
$3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner’s Stroke by $3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner's Stroke On January 26, 2007, an Illinois prisoner who claimed he suffered a stroke due to negligence on the part of Health Professionals, Ltd. a private company that contracts with …
Sheriff May be Liable for Jail Suicide by The decedent was arrested while drunk and promptly hanged himself in a police holding cell. The plaintiffs settled with the city defendants for $11000, leaving the state defendants in the case. The district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to …
Immunity for Warden in Hiring Decision by The defendant warden was entitled to qualified immunity for departing from the usual hiring practice (i.e., preferring in-house candidates to those from other prisons) in filling a lieutenant's position in order to increase the amount of minority representation in such jobs at the …
Chicago Jail Not Liable for Suicide Despite Cell Design by The decedent hanged himself in a police lockup. All the relevant procedures (thorough screening, training of personnel, checking of cells every 15 minutes, removal of obviously dangerous object) were followed. The existence of horizontal bars (from one of which the …
Article • May 15, 2008
Seventh Circuit Discusses Heck and Court Access Claims by The plaintiff sought damages for defendants' hindrance of his efforts to litigate a state court collateral attack on his conviction. The rule of Heck v. Humphrey, "which forbids a convicted person to seek damages on any theory that implies that his …
Article • May 15, 2008
No CMS Liability for Denying Treatment for Dislocated Shoulder by The plaintiff said he dislocated his previously injured shoulder in his sleep. At 511: "For purposes of this case, it is undisputed that a shoulder dislocation causes great pain and is a serious medical need." The defendants were not deliberately …
Phillips v. Chandler, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2008 Case: 3:07-cv-50063 Document #: 68 Filed: 05/15/08 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:148 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION GEORGE PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, V. ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 3:07-cv-50063 ) NEDRA CHANDLER, KAROLYN SHERIDAN, ) RAJENDER …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Uprising at GEO Group Illinois Jail by On June 1, 2007, forty-six prisoners at the Tri-County Justice and Detention Center in Ullin, Illinois were involved in an hour-long riot. The 226-bed jail is owned by Pulaski County but operated by Florida-based GEO Group, formerly known as Wackenhut. The disturbance began …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
$1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict’s Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail by $1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict's Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail On April 18, 2007, Cook County, Illinois, and the Cook County Jail agreed to pay a combined $1,000,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging wrongful death of a female heroin …
Cheaper than Chimpanzees: Expanding the Use of Prisoners in Medical Experiments by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober "It is the duty of the doctor to remain the protector of the life and health of that person on whom clinical research is being carried out." Declaration of Helsinki In June 2006, …
Brief • February 1, 2008
USA v. Burge, IL, Indictment, Police Torture, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) ) ) ) v. JON BURGE Violations: Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(c)(2) and 1621(1) COUNT ONE The SPECIAL FEBRUARY 2008-2 GRAND JURY charges: 1. …
Article • January 15, 2008
Parole Officers Must Knock and Announce Before Entering Parolee's Domicile by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment, finding that parole officers have a duty to knock and announce themselves before entering a residence in which a parolee is renting a room, and …
Article • January 15, 2008
Class Status Granted to Illinois Prisoners for Nonconsensual STD Tests by A federal judge in Illinois has granted class action status to a group of Cook County prisoners who were subjected to painful medical tests without their explicit consent. Plaintiffs Robert Jackson, Joseph McGrath and Derrell Smith claimed that during …
Article • January 15, 2008
IL Warden Properly Fired for Being a Republican by In 2005, Mark Pierson, warden at Pickneyville Correctional Center in Illinois, was fired by the incumbent Governor, Rod Blagojevich, who was a Democrat. Pierson was fired because he was a Republican appointee. Pierson sued for wrongful termination in federal district court. …
Article • January 15, 2008
Once Court Orders Arrestee Held, Police Have No Duty to Investigate Mistaken Identity by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that once an arrested person has been brought before a court and ordered held, law enforcement has no duty to verify claims of mistaken identity. Chicago police stopped …
Article • January 15, 2008
Illinois Seizes Prisoner’s Life Insurance Inheritance by Illinois Seizes Prisoner's Life Insurance Inheritance Leonce J. Ruckman, an Illinois state prisoner who has been incarcerated since 1988, received the benefits of his mother?s life insurance policy after she died. He used some of the money to purchase a MetLife annuity with …
Article • January 15, 2008
Fed Prisoner's Non-Custodial Escape was a Crime of Violence for Sentencing Purposes by Deondery Chambers, a federal prisoner, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court judge found that he had three violent priors and sentenced him to 188 months as an armed career …
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