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Deaf Prisoners in Washington Seek Class-Wide Relief
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1998
by David C Fathi
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1998, page 9
by David C. Fathi, Jeff B. Crollard and Leonard J. Feldman
Filed under:
Deaf Prisoners,
Education,
Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims,
Americans with Disabilities Act,
Rehabilitation Act,
Interpreters,
Telephone Access.
Location:
Washington.
Lawyers representing two deaf prisoners in a lawsuit against the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) are seeking to broaden the suit into a class action on behalf of all deaf and hearing impaired prisoners in the custody of WDOC.
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