Crossland v. State

This cause coming to be heard upon the report of the Commissioner, after hearing before said Commissioner, and this Court being fully advised in the premises:

Finds that on August 11, 1987, Claimant, Mark Crossland, was an inmate at Menard Correctional Center. On that date and while at work in the prison hospital, he learned from an Officer Bower that his cell was shaken down by correctional officers looking for contraband. Claimant received a pass to return to his cell and upon arrival observed his cell door open about eight inches. When he looked in the cell, he saw his fan laying on the…