Four years after a federal court ordered a major overhaul of healthcare in Illinois prisons, the state has failed to address major shortcomings and lost ground on staffing mandates, according to a report filed Monday by a court-appointed monitor.
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The lawsuit is based on a 2010 complaint by Don Lippert, a diabetic inmate at Stateville Correctional Center who claimed he was denied his twice-daily doses of insulin, that grew into a class action against the state.
The lawsuit is based on a 2010 complaint from Don Lippert, a diabetic inmate at Stateville Correctional Center who claimed he was denied his twice-daily doses of insulin, that grew into a class action against the state.
The lawsuit is based on a 2010 complaint from Don Lippert, a diabetic inmate at Stateville Correctional Center who claimed he was denied his twice-daily doses of insulin, that grew into a class action against the state.