Blog Archive : December 1986

A consent decree in Kissane v. Brown prescribes procedures governing virtually every aspect of the administration of the Lake County Jail, including disciplinary and grievance procedures, inmate classification, and medical care.

The Committee brings an action against a group of private developers and government officials, alleging that federal laws governing the use of rehabilitation funds require the developers to fulfill obligations to low-income minority tenants, and that tenants have been constructively evicted because of the failure to maintain the premises.