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$500 Settlement After Illinois Federal Prisoner Food Poisoned

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Gastrointestinal, Food, Settlements, Federal Statutory Law, Federal Tort Claims Act

$500 Settlement After Illinois Federal Prisoner Food Poisoned by Wisconsin federal prisoner Charles Anderson brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 for being food ...

Federal Prisoner Beaten For Refusing To Testify Against Another Prisoner

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

retaliation for previously filed administrative grievances and his failure to testify against another prisoner. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved the settlement in 2003 ...

$11,000 Settlement For Failure To Treat Federal Prisoner's Hepatitis "C" Virus

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Medication, Hepatitis, Failure to Treat, Liver, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements

$11,000 Settlement For Failure To Treat Federal Prisoner's Hepatitis "C" Virus by Illinois federal prisoner Louis Sheptin brought a combined federal tort and Bivens action against the United ...

Illinois Jail Conditions Suit Nets $150,000 Attorney Fee Award

Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005

Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Settlements

reached a settlement agreement, which requires Winnebago County to build a new main jail that will house between 900 and 1,200 prisoners. While that jail is being built, WCJ is to implement interim ...

Illegal Strip Searches Cost Chicago Jail $6.8 Million

Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Settlements, Municipal Liability

suit brought by female prisoners who alleged that the strip-searches they were subjected to at the Cook County jail were unconstitutional. The Board approved a $6.8 million settlement which could ...