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Using The Ada's 'Integration Mandate' To Disrupt Mass Incarceration, Robert Dinerstein
Using The Ada's 'Integration Mandate' To Disrupt Mass Incarceration, Robert Dinerstein
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As a result of the disability rights movement's fight for the development of community-based services, the percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and mental illness living in institutions has significantly decreased over the last few decades. However, in part because of government failure to invest properly in community-based services required for a successful transition from institutions, individuals with disabilities are now dramatically overrepresented in jails and prisons. The Americans with Disabilities Act's (ADA) "integration mandate" -- a principle strengthened by the Supreme Court's 1999 Olmstead v. L.C. decision, entitling individuals with disabilities to receive services in the …
A Punishing Court Docket, Stephen Wermiel
A Punishing Court Docket, Stephen Wermiel
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