Civil Rights - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Prohibition of Public Entity Discrimination against Qualified Individual with a Disability - Application to Inmates in State Prisons

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court held that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits a public entity from discriminating against a qualified individual with a disability on account of that individual\u27s disability, applies to inmates in state prisons. Pa. Dep\u27t of Corrections v. Yeskey, 118 S.Ct. 1952 (1998)