On January 3, 2012, a deaf prisoner filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Correction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Represented by the ACLU of Indiana, the plaintiff filed his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Rehabilitation Act and the ...
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On January 3, 2012, a deaf prisoner filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Correction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Represented by the ACLU of Indiana, the plaintiff filed his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, alleging that he was only allowed access to a TTY telephone during working hours or after-hours by making a written request for access while other prisoners had unlimited daily access to telephones from 6 am to 11 pm, seven days a week. In addition, the plaintiff's phone calls were restricted to a length that is not comparable to the length of time allowed to the prisoners who were not hearing impaired. He asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief.
The parties negotiated a settlement agreement, and on March 5, 2012, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson dismissed the case according to the plaintiff's voluntary dismissal. We do not have a copy of the settlement agreement.
Jessica Kincaid - 02/27/2015
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