A southwestern Illinois prison with the state's worst inmate-to-staff ratio of all Illinois maximum-security lockups has had an "alarming" number of assaults perhaps blamed on the lockup's crowding, according to a Chicago-based prison watchdog group.
The United States’ Attorney’s office announced today announced the resolution of a long-standing lawsuit against the Cook County Sheriff’s Office that sought to remedy a series of constitutional rights violations.
A year-long investigation beginning in 2007 found systematic violations of inmates’ rights in which correctional officers used excessive force, inmates were not adequately protected from one another, a lack of medical and mental health care and inadequate fire safety and sanitation.
A cop sits next to a gangbanger in handcuffs and eyes him up and down.
