the extract from this months Disability now reproduced below is an
interesting read raising particular issues about "reasonableness"
#PRISON PROBLEMS
Adapting Britain's old and inaccessible prisons to conform with
the Disability
Discrim-ination Act (DDA) will be impossible or very expensive,
according to
the Howard League for penal reform. League director Frances Crook
has written
to thedirector general of the prison service, Martin Narey,
asking him how he
intends to meet the access requirements ofthe DDA. These
requirements are due
to be implementedin 2004. Ms Crook was alerted tothe problem when
she saw
prison inmates in wheelchairs stranded on their cell block
landing. There are
presentlyan estimated 400 disabledprisoners in Britain.
Ms Crook said: "There is no way the prison service can comply
with the DDA
because of the nature of the buildings. It would cost millions
of
pounds."
Adrian
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http://www.adrianhigg.freeisp.co.uk/
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