NCJ Number
153088
Journal
Corrections Compendium Volume: 19 Issue: 12 Dated: (December 1994) Pages: 1-3,8
Date Published
1994
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This paper explains the issues that corrections managers should address to ensure their facilities' compliance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination by public entities in the delivery of programs, activities, and services to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Abstract
Each jail, prison, or lockup must reasonably modify its policies, practices, or procedures to avoid discriminating against disabled persons, unless doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of the service, program, or activity. Administrators should examine each program, service, and activity, including housing areas, shower and toilet facilities, visitation and recreation areas, law libraries, education and vocational programs, counseling and therapy programs, telephone and commissary privileges, medical units, disciplinary hearings, and work release programs, to consider how disabled beneficiaries of such programs may be accommodated. List of specific questions and answers and 6 reference notes