Lawyers request federal judge to order Ill. Dept. of Corrections to remedy numerous violations
CHICAGO, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017
By: Uptown People’s Law Center
Today, lawyers representing over 12,000 mentally ill prisoners filed a Motion to Enforce the federal settlement agreement in Rasho v. Baldwin. The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) entered into the settlement agreement in 2015. Lawyers filed this motion after IDOC failed to remedy numerous findings of non-compliance by…
