Man accidentally locked up in Chicago jail gets $600,000
A man who was accidentally locked up in a Chicago jail for 32 hours has been awarded a $600,000 settlement.
Farad Polk was visiting his son in July 2014 when he was told to "go down the hallway and turn to the right." He passed through a heavy steel door at the Cook County Jail that slammed shut behind him, and found himself in a 8-foot-by-8-foot cell that was used as a visiting room for super-maximum security prisoners.
Because it was the weekend, the room was not being used at the time. Guards could not hear his cries for help.
"I'm sitting there waiting for five minutes and say, 'This ain't right,'" Polk said at at the time, according to NBC in Chicago. "So as I turned around to buzz out, there was nothing to buzz out. It's just a room."
Polk was rescued by Chicago Fire Department personnel after he broke a sprinkler head. He was trapped in the room for more than one day without food, water, bedding or a toilet.
He sued for emotional trauma. Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Sophia Ansari announced the settlement with Polk on Monday.
"As we said at the time of this very unfortunate incident, we are so very grateful Mr. Polk was found safely," Ansari told NBC. "We are pleased that this matter has been resolved."
Polk said he believed he would die in that room. Cook County Jail spokeswoman Cara Smith said Polk's experience was "the perfect storm" and part of "a set of bizarre circumstances," according to NBC.
A man who was accidentally locked up in a Chicago jail for 32 hours has been awarded a $600,000 settlement.
Farad Polk was visiting his son in July 2014 when he was told to "go down the hallway and turn to the right." He passed through a heavy steel door at the Cook County Jail that slammed shut behind him, and found himself in a 8-foot-by-8-foot cell that was used as a visiting room for super-maximum security prisoners.
Because it was the weekend, the room was not being used at the time. Guards could not hear his cries for help.
"I'm sitting there waiting for five minutes and say, 'This ain't right,'" Polk said at at the time, according to NBC in Chicago. "So as I turned around to buzz out, there was nothing to buzz out. It's just a room."
Polk was rescued by Chicago Fire Department personnel after he broke a sprinkler head. He was trapped in the room for more than one day without food, water, bedding or a toilet.
He sued for emotional trauma. Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Sophia Ansari announced the settlement with Polk on Monday.
"As we said at the time of this very unfortunate incident, we are so very grateful Mr. Polk was found safely," Ansari told NBC. "We are pleased that this matter has been resolved."
Polk said he believed he would die in that room. Cook County Jail spokeswoman Cara Smith said Polk's experience was "the perfect storm" and part of "a set of bizarre circumstances," according to NBC.
Hasn't Chicago been in some shyt before by straight kidnapping people for black sites? Am I thinking of something else?
