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HIV-positive man sues Bureau County after essential medical care denied during detention in county jail

CHICAGO -- A Chicago man who is HIV-positive and was detained for seven days in 2010 at the Bureau County Jail in Princeton, Illinois today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the denial of prescribed medications to manage his condition. The lawsuit today comes nearly a year after the American C

June 18, 2012