interesting ideas jude,
on a different but related issue I wonder,
as prisons are largely owned by the private sector do they count as public
buildings and therefore come under the duristriction of DDA part III.
the prison service is exempt from dDA when it comes to employment but I
don't think I've come across references to them in terms of building access
for either residents or visitors.
I'm sure they must be exempt or we'd of heard more about this matter before
now but it will be interesting to do some reading and checking.
At 13:01 17/01/00 +0000, you wrote:
>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
>
>
>
>>>>
>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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>
>
>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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