Illinois Parole Board Member Resigns After Violator Turns Deadly by Illinois parolee Crosetti Brand, 37, is back in prison after stabbing his former girlfriend and her son on March 13, 2024. Laterria Smith, 33, survived, but 11-­year-­old Jayden Perkins died. State Prisoner Review Board (PRB) member LeeAnn Miller, 63, who ...
Illinois Prisoner Succumbs to Heat Wave by The death of Illinois prisoner Michael Broadway, 51, during a heatwave on June 19, 2024, has focused attention on squalid conditions at Stateville Correctional Center. Windows remained unopened and no working fan was provided at the un-­air-­conditioned lockup, according to family attorney Terah ...
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Retaliation Claim By Federal Prisoner Against Guard in Illinois Lockup Who Saw Grievance Against Him by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 28, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit declined to let a federal prisoner sue officials with the ...
Seventh Circuit Finds No Problem With Surveillance of Chicago Detainees on Toilets by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Defendant officials of Cook County in a civil rights action ...
Illinois Prisoner Awarded Over $822,000 For Hernia Care Denied by Wexford Health by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 2, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied relief to Wexford Health Sources, Inc., the private healthcare contractor for the state Department of Corrections ...
“Are You Freaking Kidding Me?” Former BOP Warden Accuses Guards of Recruiting Prisoners for Assaults at Troubled Lockup in Illinois by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Before he retired in July 2023, Warden Thomas Bergami was sent by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to the U.S. Penitentiary (USP) ...
Seventh Circuit: Heck Bars Civil Rights Challenges to Civil Commitment by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On December 20, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an Illinois prisoner’s challenge to civil commitment as a sexually violent person after release cannot be raised ...
Christian v. The State of Illinois, IL, Complaint, Sexual Abuse, 2024 FILED COURT OF CLAIMS MAYO 6 2024 Secretary of State Ex-Officio Clerk Court of Claims IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS JEFFERY CHRISTIAN, CALVIN MCDOWELL, STEPHEN LUCAS, A.B ., E.C., L.D., B.P., D.T., J.L., N.A., ...
Former Illinois Prisoner Pursuing PhD After 27 Years of Incarceration by When Illinois prisoner J. Le’Dell Pippins, 54, defied the odds to gain acceptance into the University of Iowa’s Ph.D. in Criminology program, it proved a key factor in the decision by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) to commute Pippins’ 30-year ...
Seventh Circuit Lets Illinois Prisoner Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Despite Trust Account Balance Exceeding Filing Fee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion offering guidance to judges deciding whether to grant a prisoner’s motions to ...
$6,500 Paid to Illinois Prisoner After Denied Records Request by On June 20, 2023, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) signed an agreement paying state prisoner Jared M. Staake $6,500 to settle his claims over denied public records requested under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 ILCS 140/1, ...
Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Illinois Jail Guards Who Relied on Nurse’s Opinion that Detainee Was “Faking” Symptoms Before He Died by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Illinois ...
Harris v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case: 1:24-cv-03215 Document #: 1 Filed: 04/22/24 Page 1 of 39 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION DARIEN HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. __________ CITY OF CHICAGO, Illinois, DEVINN JONES, ...
Seventh Circuit Again Rejects Challenge to Three-Book Limit at Cook County Jail by Now-Dead Detainee by David Reutter David M. Reutter On April 6, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a suit filed by a pretrial detainee challenging the contraband policy at the ...
$19.3 Million Awarded to Former Illinois Prisoner Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted by Prison Counselor by by Matt Clarke On September 22, 2023, a jury in federal court for the Central District of Illinois awarded a total of $19.3 million to a former state prisoner who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a ...
Taylor v. Wexford Health Sources Inc, IL, Verdict, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2024 ---!------------------ - - --- - ------------- -------- --4-------- - -------- ----- ----- .. Case: 1:16-cv-03464 Document#: 545 Filed: 04/01/24 Page 1 of 1 PagelD #:21108 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE Northern District of Illinois -CM/ECF-NextGen ...
Farris v. Kohlrus, IL, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION JACQUELINE FARRIS, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff. V. ERIC KOHLRUS, CHRISTINE BRANNON, CLARA CHARRON. NORINE ASHLEY. LISA JOHNSON, PATRICK KEANE. MIKE FUNK. FELIPE ZAVALA. ALAN PASLEY, ALEX ...
Seventh Circuit Says Lack of Expert Testimony Dooms Illinois Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit offered an Illinois state prisoner a hard lesson on July 27, 2023, affirming dismissal of his medical neglect claim against prison contractor ...
Illinois Eases Restrictions on Prisoners Released Under Supervision by On July 28, 2023, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a new law that eases restrictions on released prisoners still under state supervision. SB 423, which took effect in January 2024, modifies requirements to complete the final stages of a sentence, ...
Illinois Failing to Grant Dying Prisoners Medical Releases by of dying and medically enfeebled state prisoners were expected to be released when Illinois lawmakers passed the Joe Coleman Medical Release (JCMR) Act. But an investigative report released on August 30, 2023, found that two-thirds of prisoner requests had been denied ...