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| Lawsuit alleges discrimination against disabled inmates |
| By /latimesblogs.latimes.com |
| Published: 11/16/2012 |
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California - A lawsuit filed Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court alleges that the state’s third-largest county jail discriminates against inmates with disabilities by denying them accessible toilets, showers and visiting areas; keeping them in the infirmary in conditions that amount to isolation; and depriving them of the ability to participate in educational and other rehabilitative programs that could lead to reduced sentences. The lawsuit targeting Santa Rita Jail, in Dublin, comes after failed efforts to negotiate improvements at the facility, said Shawna Parks, co-director of litigation for the Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates. The group joined forces with the Los Angeles-based Disability Rights Legal Center to represent current and former inmates and their families, as well as two Alameda County taxpayers. It comes as county jails throughout the state are experiencing an influx of low-level state offenders routed to them under California’s realignment program. Read More. |
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