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Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,500 to Paraplegic Prisoner for Disability-Based Discrimination

Loaded on May 15, 2011

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Systemic Medical Neglect, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act. Location: Washington.

On January 27, 2006, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $15,500 to a paraplegic prisoner who received inadequate medical care and was discriminated against because of his disability.

John Chauers, a DOC prisoner serving a life sentence, sued the DOC under the Americans with Disabilities Act ...

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