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No Immunity for Cold Filthy Cell
Loaded on June 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1995, page 3
Melvin Wilson is an Illinois state prisoner. He filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming he was discharged from his prison job due to his race and when placed in segregation he was placed in a filthy, roach infested, leaking cell whose toilet was covered with feces. The defendants ...
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Prison Labor,
Conditions of Confinement,
Exposure to Cold,
Toilets,
Sanitation,
Bedding,
Lighting,
Vermin,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Illinois.
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