Harold Hirshman

Lawyers are asking a federal judge to hold the state of Illinois in contempt over the way it deals with mental illness in prisons.The federal courts…

In 2016, the Illinois Department of Corrections reached a settlement agreeing to properly care for the needs of mentally ill inmates. The lawsuit was…

Illinois officials have persuaded a federal judge to delay a trial over health care in state prisons.The move drew a rebuke from the plaintiffs’ lawyers —…

Lawyers representing 11,000 mentally ill Illinois prisoners have reached a settlement with the state in a 2007 class-action lawsuit alleging that…