Stuart v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 83 Ill. 341

Syllabus

<p>1. Chancery jurisdiction—interfering with criminal administration. A court of equity, from, its nature and organization, has no jurisdiction to stay or prevent the execution of a judgment in a criminal case.</p> <p>2. A court of equity has no jurisdiction to enjoin the use of a county jail for the confinement of prisoners charged with or convicted of crime, on the ground that it is a nuisance and endangers the health of its inmates, there being an ample remedy at law.</p> <p>3. Jails—must be kept in good, condition. The word “ sufficient,” in the first section of the act relating to jails and jailors, applies as well to the good condition of jails as to their repair. If filthy, offensive and unhealthy, they can not be said to be in a sufficiently good condition.</p> <p>4. Same—separation of males and females, etc. A county jail so con. structed that it is impossible to separate male and female prisoners, or minors from old and hardened offenders, or those charged or convicted of misdemeanors from those charged or convicted of felonies, except by placing them in cells, is not in compliance with the statute.</p> <p>5. Same—treatment of prisoners. The law presumes all persons inno cent until convicted of crime, and it is intended that they shall be treated as such until convicted, and, even after conviction, that they shall be treated humanely.</p> <p>6. Same—when sheriff may remove prisoners to another jail. Where the grand jury report that a county jail is in an unfit condition to confine prisoners, and dangerous to their health, caused by the proper authorities neglecting to provide sufficiently good and healthy accommodations, and for the separation of prisoners, it is the duty of the sheriff to remove his prisoners to the nearest sufficient jail.</p> <p>7. Same—power of circuit court. The statute has conferred ample power on the circuit court to see, and it is made its duty to know, that prisoners are humanely treated, and to make and enforce all orders necessa