Disability Rights and the Criminal Legal System
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The Latest
ACLU Joins Appeal of Incarcerated Woman Shackled During Childbirth and Deprived of Medication
Incarceration Should Not be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids
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Judge Orders Supervision System in Washington, D.C. to Accommodate People with Disabilities
Mathis v. United States Parole Commission
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What's at Stake
The ACLU supports reducing the use of the United States’ jail and prison systems to warehouse people with mental and physical disabilities. We support efforts within the criminal legal system to identify and work with a person’s disability in rehabilitative efforts.
The ACLU supports reducing the use of the United States’ jail and prison systems to warehouse people with mental and physical disabilities. We support efforts within the criminal legal system to identify and work with a person’s disability in rehabilitative efforts.