December 08, 2025
A Seventh Circuit judge said Monday that it wasn't the court's job to determine if three fired prison guards violated their employer's use-of-force rule during their violent encounter with a prisoner, and that the court's review was limited to whether the Illinois Department of Corrections imposed an unconstitutionally vague policy.
January 21, 2021
A trio of jail guards says being white men was the real reason they were fired by prison administrators following a violent encounter with an inmate, according to a bias suit in Illinois federal court.