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  2. The U.N. calls restraint chairs torture. Illinois jails use ...

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    In Illinois, most county jail policies require staff to check on restrained detainees at 15- or 30-minute intervals and give them breaks every two hours to stretch, use the bathroom or drink water.

  3. Right to counsel - Wikipedia

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    In criminal cases, everyone questioned at a police station is entitled to free legal advice. Legal aid in criminal trials is also means-tested unless the defendant is under 16 or under 18 and in full-time education, or receiving certain benefits. A defendant may be asked to pay a contribution for their defense. [33] [34] [35]

  4. Thomas C. Sharp - Wikipedia

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    Thomas C. Sharp. Thomas Coke Sharp (September 25, 1818 – April 9, 1894) was a prominent opponent of Joseph Smith and the Latter Day Saints in Illinois in the 1840s. Sharp promoted his anti-Mormon views largely through the Warsaw Signal newspaper, of which he was the owner, editor, and publisher.

  5. Prison library - Wikipedia

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    Library Trends, 59(3), p. 386–408. Higgins Nick. 2017. Get Inside : Responsible Jail and Prison Library Service. Chicago Illinois: Public Library Association a division of the American Library Association. In the Margins Award- Annual Award for books that address the disproportionality of injustices experienced by BIPOC youth. Lehmann, V. (2011).

  6. Franklin County Jail (Benton, Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    The Franklin County Jail, located at 209 W. Main St. in Benton, is the former county jail of Franklin County, Illinois. The jail was built in 1905–06 to replace the county's previous jail, which was built in the 1840s after the county seat moved to Benton. Architect Joseph W. Royer designed the jail; the brick building features limestone trim ...

  7. Jailhouse lawyer - Wikipedia

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    Jailhouse lawyer is a colloquial term in North American English to refer to an inmate in a jail or other prison who, though usually never having practiced law nor having any formal legal training, informally assists other inmates in legal matters relating to their sentence (e.g. appeal of their sentence, pardons, stays of execution, etc.) or to their conditions in prison.

  8. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 8, 2023 - Rapper NLE Choppa, whose real name is Bryson Potts, center, along with his attorney, Brad Cohen, left and a co-defendant in the case, right, is set to ...

  9. Illinois Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that operates the adult state prison system. The IDOC is led by a director appointed by the Governor of Illinois , [ 3 ] and its headquarters are in Springfield .