9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Criminal
Oct. 4, 2014
We need alternatives to prison for disabled inmates
We must prioritize creative alternatives to incarceration that include community-based supports for people with disabilities.
Claudia B. Center
Legal Director
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210
Berkeley , CA 94703
Phone: (510) 644-2555
Fax: (510) 841-8645
Email: ccenter@dredf.org
UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA
Last week, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a strengthened injunctive order issued by U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California in Armstrong v. Brown, 2014 DJDAR 13247 (Sept. 26, 2014), a 20-year-old case brought on behalf of state prisoners with disabilities. The revised injunction requires the prison system, operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), to investigate and track inmate allegations of no...
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