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August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021– Romulus, NY – Yesterday, the nonprofit organizations Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York (PLS) filed a class action lawsuit against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) on behalf of people with disabilities who are incarcerated at Five Points Correctional Facility and … Continue reading » “Lawsuit Challenges Five Points Correctional Facility’s Denial of Wheelchairs, Canes, and Other Mobility Accommodations to People With Disabilities”
August 26, 2021
August 26, 2021
August 24, 2021
August 24, 2021—Riverside, CA—Yesterday, the Biden Administration took the surprising step of filing an appeal to a federal court order requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to vaccinate medically vulnerable people in its custody. The filing was in Fraihat v. ICE, which challenges the inhumane and traumatic experience of ICE detention, affecting tens … Continue reading » “Advocates Decry Biden Administration’s Appeal Fighting Order to Vaccinate Medically Vulnerable People in ICE Detention”
August 24, 2021
August 24, 2021—New York, NY—Yesterday, a unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of a certified class of New Yorkers with mobility disabilities who require elevators to access the New York City subway system. The Appeals Court overturned the District Court’s order in favor of … Continue reading » “Decision by Federal Appellate Court Vindicates the Rights of Subway Riders With Disabilities”
August 19, 2021
Under Pressure: Inside the College Mental Health Crisis
August 16, 2021
August 13, 2021
What Is Ableism? Here’s What You Need to Know About This Form of Discrimination
August 13, 2021
NJ Student Prisoners to Receive Significant Boost in Special Education Services
August 13, 2021
