Class-action Lawsuit Alleges More LaSalle County Jail Abuse
From the Chicago Tribune
The attorney for a woman who alleged she was forcibly stripped by LaSalle County sheriff’s deputies after a DUI arrest this year on Thursday filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of four more people who say they have experienced similar abuse at the jail.
The class-action suit against LaSalle County, Sheriff Thomas Templeton and unknown sheriff’s officers claims the four named plaintiffs, three women and one man, were either forcibly stripped or made to take their clothes off and then made to stay in cells without bathrooms for several hours. There, they had to urinate and defecate in a drain on the floor of the cell, and in some of the cases not given toilet paper, the suit claims.
The suit is separate from one just over a month ago of behalf of Dana Holmes of Coal City, who alleges that after her DUI arrest in May four deputies pulled her to the ground and carried her into a LaSalle County jail cell, where they forcibly stripped her and walked out with her clothes while being recorded on video.
The new lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims that in addition to forcibly stripping three female arrestees and one man brought to the jail in a civil matter, the four were forced to stay in their cells for several hours without access to a bathroom.
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From the Chicago Tribune
The attorney for a woman who alleged she was forcibly stripped by LaSalle County sheriff’s deputies after a DUI arrest this year on Thursday filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of four more people who say they have experienced similar abuse at the jail.
The class-action suit against LaSalle County, Sheriff Thomas Templeton and unknown sheriff’s officers claims the four named plaintiffs, three women and one man, were either forcibly stripped or made to take their clothes off and then made to stay in cells without bathrooms for several hours. There, they had to urinate and defecate in a drain on the floor of the cell, and in some of the cases not given toilet paper, the suit claims.
The suit is separate from one just over a month ago of behalf of Dana Holmes of Coal City, who alleges that after her DUI arrest in May four deputies pulled her to the ground and carried her into a LaSalle County jail cell, where they forcibly stripped her and walked out with her clothes while being recorded on video.
The new lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims that in addition to forcibly stripping three female arrestees and one man brought to the jail in a civil matter, the four were forced to stay in their cells for several hours without access to a bathroom.
Read more in our daily News Update...