Illinois inmates defeated in part an attempt by state officials to win summary judgment on their Eighth Amendment-based class action stemming from alleged facility-wide shakedowns in 2014
A jury could conclude that several wardens and tactical commanders, alongside statewide officials, participated in unconstitutional searches, violating the constitutional rights of a class of approximately 10,000 prisoners, Judge Staci M. Yandle, of the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois said Wednesday.
The Illinois Department of Corrections sought to perform facility-wide searches in 2014 clean out trash and collect intelligence, the opinion said. The prisoners challenged searches that occurred ...
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