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| Suit over prison shakedown |
| By The St. Clair Record |
| Published: 09/26/2008 |
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ILLINOIS - Six inmates at the Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center in East St. Louis filed suit against five Illinois Department of Corrections employees in federal court alleging their Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated. Larry E. Starks, Jr., James Brown, Craig L. Spencer, David Coleman, Kevin D. Drysdale and Anwar S. Randle are each seeking at least $500,000 in damages, alleging they were denied due process, subjected to cruel and unusual punishment and for violations of the equal protection clause. The inmates allege on May 13, prison officials authorized a "shakedown" of housing unit one which consists of 24 male dorms even though at the time there was no disorderly conduct or need to restore order. The prison's tactical unit conducted the operation. They claim the tactical unit advised all of them to comply with their orders or that they would be struck with a wooden club that each member of the tactical team carried. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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