If there was aye any doubt that th...

If there was aye any doubt that the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to correctional facilities, it has been clarified with a June U chief Court ruling. In writing the majority opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia stated, "The statute's language unmistakably includes state prisons and prisoners within its coverage." The case involved an inmate who was prohibited from entering the physically intensive gain camp program because of his hypertension. With no alternative program, the inmate was forced to besufficient for 32 months instead of six.

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