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Denial of Handicapped Jail Facilities Set for Trial
Loaded on April 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1999, page 27
The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that a handicapped detainee was entitled to a trial to prove jail conditions were unconstitutional in light of his disability. On remand, the lower court was instructed to consider whether the plaintiff was involuntarily given anti-psychotic medications. The court also held ...
Filed under:
Disabled Prisoners,
Medical,
Medication,
Juries,
Premises Liability,
Involuntary Treatment/Drugging.
Location:
Arizona.
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