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| Suit settlement orders new treatment units at Dixon prison, three others in state |
| By radio.wosu.org |
| Published: 05/16/2016 |
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PEORIA (AP) – A federal judge in Peoria has approved a settlement between the Illinois state prison system and lawyers for 11,000 mentally ill prisoners who alleged that inadequate treatment amounted to "cruel and unusual punishment." The agreement in a 2007 class-action lawsuit calls for the Illinois Department of Corrections to build four new treatment units at the Logan, Pontiac and Dixon prisons as well as in Joliet. Read More. |
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