Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 2016No. 15-3482PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Rushville Treatment and Detention Facility is an Illinois state facility for the diagnosis, treatment, and (pending successful treatment) incarceration of persons believed prone to sexual violence. Usually these are persons who have served prison sentences for sex crimes and are considered too dangerous to be allowed to go free after they complete their sentences.
*956The plaintiff, Michael Hughes, is confined at Rushville because he was found to be a sexually violent person within the meaning of the state’s Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, 725 ILCS 207. He will…
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