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DOJ Releases ADA Advisory Report
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
November, 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 state and local government entities. The ADA applies to criminal justice agencies, including prisons and jails. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is one of eight federal agencies charged with …
Filed under:
Federal Statutory Law,
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Location:
United States of America.
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