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How The Ada Regulates And Restricts Solitary Confinement For People With Mental Disabilities, Margo Schlanger May 2016

How The Ada Regulates And Restricts Solitary Confinement For People With Mental Disabilities, Margo Schlanger

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In a landmark decision two decades ago, United States District Judge Thelton Henderson emphasized the toxic effects of solitary confinement for inmates with mental illness. In Madrid v. Gomez, a case about California’s Pelican Bay prison, Judge Henderson wrote that isolated conditions in the Special Housing Unit, or SHU, while not amounting to cruel and unusual punishment for all prisoners, were unconstitutional for those “at a particularly high risk for suffering very serious or severe injury to their mental health . . . .” Vulnerable prisoners included those with pre-existing mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and brain damage. Henderson concluded that …


Supreme Court Takes Up School Bathroom Issue, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

Supreme Court Takes Up School Bathroom Issue, Arthur S. Leonard

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Eeoc Win Shows What Trump Era Might Undo, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

Eeoc Win Shows What Trump Era Might Undo, Arthur S. Leonard

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Lgbt Law Notes, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

Lgbt Law Notes, Arthur S. Leonard

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We'll Always Be Bosom Buddies, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

We'll Always Be Bosom Buddies, Arthur S. Leonard

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On Pride’S Eve, The State Of Transgender Equality, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

On Pride’S Eve, The State Of Transgender Equality, Arthur S. Leonard

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Only Straight Students Protected From Homophobic Harassment!, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

Only Straight Students Protected From Homophobic Harassment!, Arthur S. Leonard

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Fired Anti-Gay Atlanta Fire Chief Strikes Back In Lawsuit, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

Fired Anti-Gay Atlanta Fire Chief Strikes Back In Lawsuit, Arthur S. Leonard

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