Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities began hearings February 6 at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, where it is arguing that South Carolina’s prison conditions for people with mental illnesses violate the Constitution’s prohibition …
Continued Conversation on the Ashley Treatment
MODERATOR: Disability Rights Washington and the National Disability Rights Network have just released Devaluing People with Disabilities: Medical Procedures that Violate Civil Rights, a report which examines the use of unnecessary medical procedures such as the Ashley Treatment and the …