U.S. Prisons hold over 550,000 people with intellectual disabilities – Facing exploitation and harsh treatment. The Conversation.
“If you can’t process instructions, sometimes you are physically forced to comply.” People in jail experience mental disabilities at a high rate and most go without reporting them. This makes people vulnerable in prison. Inmates with mental disabilities are subject to mistreatment by other inmates and even jail staff. Solitary confinement is being used on…
