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3 Prisons and Disability Rights Cases

Mathis v. United States Parole Commission
Washington, D.C.
May 2024

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Disability Rights

Mathis v. United States Parole Commission

This federal class-action lawsuit alleges that the federal government’s post-conviction supervision system in Washington, D.C., violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by systematically failing to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities on supervision.
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Washington, D.C.
May 2024
Mathis v. United States Parole Commission

Prisons and Disability Rights

Disability Rights

Mathis v. United States Parole Commission

This federal class-action lawsuit alleges that the federal government’s post-conviction supervision system in Washington, D.C., violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by systematically failing to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities on supervision.
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Young Prisoner
Georgia
Jun 2018

Prisons and Disability Rights

Coen v. Georgia Department of Corrections

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Georgia, together with the National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a motion in federal court to pursue a class action lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people imprisoned in and released from the Georgia Department of Corrections. The proposed complaint highlights how prison, probation, and parole systems fail deaf prisoners – leading deaf people to go to prison more often, stay longer, and return more quickly.
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Coen V. Georgia Department Of Corrections. Explore Case.
Georgia
Jun 2018
Young Prisoner

Prisons and Disability Rights

Coen v. Georgia Department of Corrections

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Georgia, together with the National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a motion in federal court to pursue a class action lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people imprisoned in and released from the Georgia Department of Corrections. The proposed complaint highlights how prison, probation, and parole systems fail deaf prisoners – leading deaf people to go to prison more often, stay longer, and return more quickly.
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