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Court Case
Feb 04, 2021
A photo of a bed and desk in a cell at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut. A metal cot-like bed is against a concrete wall on the right. On the left, a small desk and door. The space is small, barren, concrete.
  • Criminal Legal System|
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Disability Rights Connecticut v Department of Correction

With our partners, the ACLU-CT sued the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) for its continuing physical and psychological abuse of people with mental illness incarcerated in DOC prisons and jails.
Court Case
Jan 31, 2020
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  • Disability Rights

Watley v Katz

In this case, we are asking the federal courts to recognize that if DCF violates a parent's rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act, those parents have a right to sue in federal court.