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| Hearing-impaired inmates to get help |
| By The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
| Published: 08/28/2006 |
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA - A deaf man's complaint could lead to better accommodations for Allegheny County Jail inmates who are hearing impaired. Members of a city-county task force on disabilities plan to meet today with Warden Ramon Rustin and other jail officials about the matter and will tour the jail. The group acted after a former inmate filed a complaint about lack of access to an interpreter or telecommunications equipment. "It's something we're sensitive to," Deputy Warden Lance Bohn said. "We're going to try to create ways to accommodate them." In June, the man told the task force that during his booking, he did not have easy access to a telecommunications device used by the hearing impaired and no American sign language interpreter was available...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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