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Jail Sued Under ADA
Loaded on April 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1994, page 13
In 1990 Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131-12134, which prohibits discrimination against the disabled by public services. Readers will note that this law applies to prisons and jails who can be sued for failing to provide disabled prisoners with reasonable accommodation to the benefits ...
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