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| Judge grants class-action status in deaf prisoners lawsuit |
| By chicagotribune.com- Tony Briscoe |
| Published: 10/13/2015 |
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A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit accusing a former acting director of the Illinois Department of Corrections of failing to provide accommodations to deaf and hard-of-hearing prisoners can go to trial as a class-action suit. Northern District of Illinois Judge Marvin Aspen granted class-action status to the 2011 lawsuit, which alleges Salvador Godinez violated the civil rights of hearing-impaired prisoners by failing to provide them with American Sign Language interpreters and other alternative forms of communication. Without that assistance, the suit says, they are endangered and deprived of a range of accommodations including: access to religious services, health care, educational programs, telephones, televisions, library services, disciplinary proceedings and grievances. The suit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief "to remedy past violations of the laws ... and to prevent future violations." Read More. |
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