Disabled Behind Bars: The Mass Incarceration of People With Disabilities in America’s Jails and Prisons

From the introduction:

“This report highlights steps policymakers can take to combat inappropriate and unjust incarceration and criminalization of people with disabilities, as well as steps to ensure appropriate and humane treatment of people with disabilities throughout the justice system, from police practices to courts, conditions in jails and prisons, and reentry.”

File Type: pdf
Categories: Report, Resource Library
Tags: 8th Amendment, ADA, Detention, Disabilities, DOJ Action on Police, Harms of Incarceration, Mass Incarceration