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Federal Court Upholds New York Prison System’s Denial of Motorized Wheelchairs; Second Circuit Reverses

In a September 30, 2015 order, a fed­eral district court held that the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) could deny prisoners the use of wheelchairs with electric motors because the Department’s use of prisoners assigned to push unmotorized wheelchairs, known as “mobility aides,” was a reasonable ...

 

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