Butler v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

This claim arises from a disturbance in the Department of Corrections. The Claimant, while an inmate with the Illinois Department of Corrections, was attacked by other inmates on January 19, 1991, in the gym shower room at Menard Correctional Center. He was cut by a steel shank over his right eye, and a small scar was created by the attack.

The Claimant testified that he had problems with another inmate. He told a correctional officer about the incident and was placed on temporaiy deadlock. After he was released from deadlock, he was attacked by another inmate during the…