Hello everyone,
I bet we all didn't realize there were so many disabled
criminals out there, but why not.
I wonder why they just don't build a prison which
accessible which different wings which would act as
levels for the criminal element. Of course murderer
are not held in with shop lifters so that would be the
propose of different wings.
How do other feel about this and what problems do
they for see in this type of system?
Regards,
Jude
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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/
Judith M. Irving BSc Arch.Envir.
Research / PhD Student
S U R F A C E
Salford University Research Focus on AcCessible Environments
Bridgewater Building
Salford University
Salford, M7 9NU
England
Tel:0161-295-3194
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