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Reform For All

People with disabilities too often find an absence of justice in a system that ignores their needs. NDRN believes every American has the right to access our nation's justice system. NDRN and the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Network work to improve conditions in correctional institutions and during the re-entry process that address disability-related issues.

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Probation Referral: A Model for Diversion of Children and Youth with Disabilities from the Juvenile Justice System

The report describes strategies to prevent mis-incarceration of children with disabilities who end up in the correctional system, after they are failed by other systems.

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  • Justice System

    NDRN Joins Amicus in Solitary Confinement Case

    July 19, 2019

    NDRN joined an amicus authored by the firm Ropes and Gray pro bono supports a complaint filed by Disability Rights Montana, alleging that the Montana Dept. of Corrections violated the Eighth Amendment by providing inadequate mental health treatment, inappropriate discipline and placing prisoners with mental illness in solitary confinement.

    Amicus Brief
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    NDRN Joins AAPD and NCIL in Amicus Supporting P&A Access Authority

    March 27, 2019

    NDRN joined with AAPD and NCIL filed an amicus in support of the Disability Law Center regarding P&A authority to investigate abuse and neglect and P&A associational standing.

    Amicus Brief
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    NDRN Joins Amicus in Solitary Confinement Case

    September 10, 2018

    After many extensions granted to the state, NDRN joined the ACLU in an amicus brief to the Nebraska Supreme Court arguing that a sentencing panel erred when it refused to consider the effects of long term solitary confinement as mitigation during a sentencing process that resulted in the death…

    Amicus Brief