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Illinois DOC’s Failure to Accommodate Disabled Prisoners

By Prison Legal News In separate decisions, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of two lawsuits filed by disabled state prisoners, finding that the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) may have violated their rights under the Rehabilitation Act (RA) while skirting claims raised under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In May 2010,

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