WE’RE NOT A HOTEL, WE’RE A JAIL

An Illinois jail inmate charged with two brutal murders files a 15-count complaint about his accommodations

BarkGrowlBite | July 17, 2014

Adam Landerman, 21, the son of a Joliet police officer, is in the Will County jail charged with the 2013 brutal murders of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, both 22.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Landerman, Joshua Miner, 26, Bethany McKee, 20, and Alisa Massaro, 20, lured the victims to Massaro’s home in Joliet where they were robbed and strangled to death. After murdering the two men, the quartet started to party. McKee left early and called her father to tell him what happened. He called the police. When the cops showed up, they found the two bodies and Landerman, Miner and Massaro still partying.

Landerman and Miner did the strangling and, together with McKee, are charged with murder. Massaro pled guilty to robbery and concealing a homicide, and has agreed to testify against the other three in exchange for a 10-year sentence.

Landerman is unhappy with his jail accommodations. Last week, he filed a 15-count complaint asking a Will County judge to remedy the conditions he complains about. According to the Tribune, here are some of his complaints:

The towels are too small, the temperature is not properly controlled, the menu is not diverse, barber services are not available, items in the commissary are overpriced, rules provided to inmates are vague and that inmates are “routinely penalized for rule violations which are completely taken out of context.” The jail does not provide shaving cream for inmates who are indigent and cannot afford to buy it from the commissary. The jail does not provide breakfast after 6:30 a.m. and that lunch is served too early.

Will County Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Kaupas responded to Landerman’s complaints by telling the Tribune that “We’re not a hotel, we’re a jail. We treat all of our in-custodies in a fair way.”