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Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
Policing the Vulnerable: The Criminalization of Disability by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian “The vast majority of people whose deaths we are witnessing at the hands of law enforcement do in fact have disabilities”—HEARD Volunteer Director and Community Lawyer Talila Lewis In a nation that prides itself on justice …
Article • December 15, 2023 • from CLN December, 2023
Dangerous Encounters: Interactions Between Autistic Individuals and Law Enforcement by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian “Having an encounter with police … is an unsettling encounter for anybody, but for someone with autism, it can be extremely distressing.” — Helen Lyons, Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent, Adults Neglected, Vulnerable and Abused …
Autistic Capitol Rioter Receives Probation, Not Prison, for His Participation in the January 6 Riot by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 26, 2022, defendant Nicholas Rodean was sentenced to 240 days of home confinement for his participation in the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol …
OIG-CDCR Processing of Disabled Incarcerated Persons-March 2022 Amarik K. Singh, Inspector General OIG OFFICE of the INSPECTOR GENERAL Independent Prison Oversight March 2022 Special Report The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Processing of Disabled Incarcerated Persons’ Staff Misconduct Allegations at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility Electronic copies of …
Publication • 2022
Civil Rights Litigation-Effective Communication, July 2022 WHITE PAPER SERIES Learning from Civil Rights Lawsuits: Effective Communication with Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Low Vision Incarcerated People white paper series Learning from Civil Rights Lawsuits: Effective Communication with Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Low Vision Incarcerated People JULY 2022 …
Brief • April 14, 2022
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners
Rushing v. Michigan Dept of Corrections, MI, Judgment, Failure to Accomodate Disability, 2022 2019-001635-CD RUSHING, DARRIN~ FILED by Macomb County Circuit Court 4/ 14/2022 1:57:30 PM Service, Submitted, and File STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT FOR MACOMB COUNTY DARRIN RUSHING, Plaintiffs, Case No: 2019-001635-CD Hon. Edward …
Brief • February 22, 2022
Latonia Congress v. Centurion of Vermont, VT, Ruling on Plaintiff's Request for Atty's Fees (Motion #21), Discrimination, 2022 Vermont Superior Court Filed 02/22/22 Washington Unit STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Washington Unit Docket No. 216-6-20 Wncv LATONIA CONGRESS, Plaintiff, V. CENTURION OF VERMONT, LLC; and STEVEN FISHER, M.D., …
Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Study: Innocent Children Likely to Plead Guilty by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The developmentally immature decision-making decisions of child defendants makes them “likely to be systematically pleading guilty to crimes that they did not commit in predictable circumstances,” concluded a study by Rebecca K. Helm from England’s University …
Article • March 26, 2021
Developmentally Challenged Man on Registry to Get New Hearing by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Illinois Prison Review Board has agreed to review Adam Nesteikis’ case. Adam, 34, needs more attention than most men his age. He must be reminded to brush his teeth and to shave. He was …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Don’t Call the Cops. Especially if Your Loved Ones Are Old, Disabled or Have Special Needs by John W. Whitehead by John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute – Commentary “Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Strategies to Help Police Address Citizens With Special Needs by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A New Jersey man reaches out to police ahead of a possible altercation to make sure authorities are aware of his son’s autism-related issues. Gary Weitzen’s son Christopher has autism. Christopher has anxiety issues, …
Publication • 2020
Disability Rights, CA, Otay Mesa Detention Center - Inhumane Conditions and the Harsh Realities of ICE's Civil Detention System, 2020 OTAY MESA DETENTION CENTER Inhumane Conditions and the Harsh Realities of ICE’s Civil Detention System 1 Disability Rights California protects and advocates for the rights of all people with disabilities …
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners
TX Criminal Justice Coalition - Misunderstood and Mistreated 2020 ONE SIZE FAILS ALL REPORT SERIES MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISTREATED How Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Experience the Texas Criminal Legal System OCTOBER 2020 One Size Fails All: Misunderstood and Mistreated 1 TEXAS CRIMINAL JusT1cE coAuT10N The Arc. Texas This series …
Article • May 15, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019
Georgia Supreme Court Says Visually Impaired Defendant Entitled to Appointment of a Reader by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Georgia held that due process requires the appointment of a person to read questions submitted by a visually impaired defendant. Richard Bishop was 76 years old when …
Article • November 28, 2018 • from CLN December, 2018
Kentucky Supreme Court Declares Law Defining Intellectual Disability Unconstitutional, Overturns Death Sentence by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Kentucky held that the state statute determining intellectual disability for disallowing imposition of the death penalty was unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment after recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, …
Brief • November 1, 2018
Welch v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Negligence, 2018 10-01-~ '18 12:26 FROM- f-;j!:J4 PWU~/UUUo r-,,~ SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIM$. FOR THE SOLE CONSIDERATION OF forty thousand and 00/100, ($40,000.00), subject to approval by the Los Angeles County Claims Board, with each party to bear …
Article • October 31, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018
Fourth Circuit Affirms Ruling That Diagnosis of Intellectual Development Disorder Does Not Qualify as ‘Sexually Dangerous Person’ Under Federal Civil Commitment Statute by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a man civilly committed under 18 U.S.C.S. …
Article • July 21, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Vacates Intellectually Disabled Prisoner’s Death Sentence by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania vacated a convicted murderer’s death sentence after concluding that the prisoner suffered from an intellectual disability, rendering him ineligible for the death penalty. The February 5, 2018, order replaced the …
Article • May 7, 2018
Deaf Oregon Man Awarded $157,500 over Police Mistreatment by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis      Erik Pierce, a 32-year-old deaf man, was awarded $157,500 in damages from the city of Salem and Marion County, Oregon, over the use of excessive force and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
Intellectual Disability and Wrongful Conviction in Death Cases: A Lethal Combination by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The death penalty is sold by its advocates as a crime deterrent or a penalty reserved for the most heinous of crimes. The reality is that the death penalty is often used …
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