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Menard guards get $1.5 million in workers' compensation: Workers say hand, wrist, elbow injuries caused by job duties
Tuesday Jan 18, 2011Guards at the Menard Correctional Center have been paid more than $1.5 million since January 2009 in workers' compensation settlements for hand, wr... read entire article
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Menard workers claim about a third of state settlements
Tuesday Jan 18, 2011
In the past three years, $30.6 million was awarded to about 725 state employees in settlements who filed workmen's compensation claims for repetiti...
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Workers' comp cases keep small town busy; most of the cases connected to Menard
Tuesday Jan 18, 2011
A restaurant in this small town has the unusual distinction of being the official hearing site for more pending workers' compensation injury cases ...
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Inmates in Illinois' only supermax prison face battle proving mistreatment
Saturday Oct 23, 2010For civil rights lawyers and prisoner advocates, some cases raise the question: Does a lengthy sentence for a series of minor crimes served in soli... read entire article
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Ex-Chicago gang boss spends days feeding spiders
Sunday Oct 4, 2009Once reputed to be a leader of one of the most violent Chicago gangs, The Two-Sixers, David Ayala now gathers insects to feed the spiders that spin... read entire article
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Trapped in Tamms: Inmates in Illinois' only supermax prison face battle proving mistreatment
Monday Aug 3, 2009
Anthony Gay always fought back. Even in first grade he was quick with his fists, especially when kids mocked his temper or taunted him because he l...
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Tamms inmate: Dangerous gang member, or a man who is mentally ill?
Sunday Aug 2, 2009Joseph Herman wore his black hair to his shoulders and dark beard down to his chest when he was led, handcuffed and shackled, into court within a r... read entire article
