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Mathis v. United States Parole Commission
This federal class-action lawsuit alleges that the federal government鈥檚 post-conviction supervision system in Washington, D.C., violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by systematically failing to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities on supervision.
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Coen v. Georgia Department of Corrections
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, together with the National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a motion in federal court to pursue a class action lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people imprisoned in and released from the Georgia Department of Corrections. The proposed complaint highlights how prison, probation, and parole systems fail deaf prisoners 鈥� leading deaf people to go to prison more often, stay longer, and return more quickly.
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Georgia
Jun 2018
Prisons and Disability Rights
Coen v. Georgia Department of Corrections
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, together with the National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a motion in federal court to pursue a class action lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people imprisoned in and released from the Georgia Department of Corrections. The proposed complaint highlights how prison, probation, and parole systems fail deaf prisoners 鈥� leading deaf people to go to prison more often, stay longer, and return more quickly.