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$4.3 Million Award in Preventable Death of Cook County Pretrial Detainee by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury’s $4.3 million award to the estate of a pretrial detainee. The jurors found that guards at the jail in Cook County, Illinois …
Releasing The Disease: Is Overcrowded Cook County Jail Responsible For The Rise Of MRSA On The Outside? by Kelly Virella Releasing The Disease: Is Overcrowded Cook County Jail Responsible For The Rise Of MRSA On The Outside? by Kelly Virella The sudden death of a 17-month-old boy in Hyde Park …
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 …