Illinois Jury Awards $19 Million to an Ex-Inmate

A woman who reported being repeatedly raped by a staff member at Logan Correctional Center while she was an inmate at the Lincoln prison was awarded a $19 million judgment last month by a federal jury in Springfield.

The woman referred to in court documents as “Jane Doe” was a gymnastics instructor in McHenry County when she was sentenced to prison and now reportedly resides in Elgin.

Nicole Schult, a lawyer for the Uptown People’s Law Center in Chicago, which represented Doe, said this may be a record judgment against the Illinois Department of Corrections.

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