Justice System

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

    April 20, 2020

    NDRN signed onto an amicus in a case involving a capital murder case for a minor who had been mostly kept in solitary confinement after an earlier conviction.

    Amicus Brief
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    NDRN Joins Amicus in Intellectual Disability Requirement Case

    March 30, 2020

    NDRN joined the Georgia P&A and several national disability rights organizations and mental disability professionals in an amicus in support the petition for certiorari in Raulerson v. Warden.

    Amicus Brief
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    NDRN Joins Amicus in Ninth Circuit Case

    February 3, 2020

    NDRN filed an amicus in Floyd v. Filson. in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a petition for rehearing en banc explaining to the Court that FASD and ADHD are not categorically equivalent disabilities.

    Amicus Brief