[blindlaw] possible discrimination...What should i do?

[Nightingale, Noel]

The U.S. Department of Justice has jurisdiction under title II of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for public correctional
institutions.  Your husband could file a complaint with the Department
of Justice under the ADA and Section 504 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
You could go on line to

www.usdoj.gov

and find the information needed in a complaint and the address to which
hit can be sent.

Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

Noel nightingale
(206) 220-7929
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 5:16 AM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] possible discrimination...What should i do?

To all receiving this email:

My husband, who is totally blind, is currently incarcerated in a prison
in Southern Illinois.  I justrecentlygot him set up with talkingbooks
and a machine, which was promptly sent to him after receipt of the
application.
After the books and machine arrived, there was a run around going on
about who had responsibility for the material and machine.  Now, I just
got a call from my husband this evening telling me that he is not
allowed to have the tapes or machine, since they have screws and he
could take them apart and hide things in them.  For the same reason,
they will not allow him to have a braille writer so that he can write to
me when others are allowed typewriters an access to reading material
from the library.  It seems to me he isn't given the same rights as
everyone there. Is there anything i can do about this?

Thank you for your time.

Elizabeth Cooks


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