Walker v. State

Claimant, Eugene Walker, a resident of Stateville Correctional Center, filed a claim for loss of property stolen from his cell in the amount of $58.06. It is the opinion of the commissioner, which the Court thinks is correct, that this case should be distinguished from those cases in which the Court has held that recovery for property can be had only when the State had taken actual physical possession of the property of an inmate.

Claimant was a resident of cell 525, unit B west, State ville Correctional Center on November 15,1984. At that time, Claimant did not have a cellmate, so no one…