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WILSON v. COOK COUNTY BD. OF COMMISSIONERS

No. 94 C 551.

878 F.Supp. 1163 (1995)

Fred D. WILSON, Plaintiff, v. COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Michael F. Sheahan, James W. Fairman Jr., and James M. Carey, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 15, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Ann Repasky, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Fred D. Wilson, pro se.

Terry L. McDonald, Douglas Staser Steffenson, Cook County State's Atty., Chicago, IL, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, Judge.

Introduction

Twenty-nine years ago, Dr. Karl Menninger described the conditions endured by pretrial detainees in this nation's jails and lockups as "miserable, overcrowded, crime-and-disease-breeding."1 Among the jails Dr. Menninger examined was the Cook County Jail (the "Jail," the subject of the instant case), which he toured with the then executive director...

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