Advertisement
Advertisement
Lawsuit: Maryland prisons discriminated against disabled inmates, threatened retaliation for filing grievances
img.full-width1{flex-shrink:0;object-fit:contain;min-height:50%;height:auto;width:100%}
By Phil Davis
Baltimore Sun |
Dec 10, 2019 at 6:00 AM
Six former and current inmates claim Maryland’s prison system systemically fails to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and that prison guards made a one-legged man hop into and out of the showers with no support, according to a federal lawsuit.
In a case filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, six inmates who have been housed at various facilities throughout Maryland’s state prison system allege a culture of noncompliance with the ADA alongside an indifference by prison guards to their plight. The inmates are suing the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and a number of prison officials.
Advertisement
One of the plaintiffs, Karl Rogers, a single-leg amputee, claims that guards at the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification [...]