Can people in wheelchairs go to jail/prison?

I have been wondering this because I have two cousins who have MD and need help with almost everything they do. How could they go to jail? Does anybody know?

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Yes, of course they can Due to the rising prison population and the significant increase in elderly people in custody there are now believed to be a record number of disabled prisoners, although the Prison Service does not currently collect data on disability. Disabled prisoners say that they are rarely given equal access to prison activities and some complain of poor treatment and discrimination. Lack of information on what facilities do exist in different prisons means they are not able to make informed choices.

The Prison Reform Trust’s advice and information service has received a significant number of letters from disabled prisoners and their families highlighting their experiences. These have ranged from a wheelchair bound prisoner being confined to his cell for 24 hours a day and being left sitting in his urine because of no facilities for him to bathe and a deaf prisoner missing out on exercise and education due to not hearing shouted instructions. In addition to concerns raised, the Prison Reform Trust has also been contacted by those who have received help, including the mother of a blind prisoner commending a local prison on the tremendous efforts it had made to respond to the needs of her blind son.

Although exempt from many pieces of legislation, the Prison Service has issued guidelines on the management of disabled prisoners and many prisons have developed strategies, led by a disability liaison officer, to encourage equal participation for disabled prisoners. And in response to a report, ‘Growing Old in Prison’, by the Prison Reform Trust, Dr Stephen Ladyman, Minister for Health, agreed to develop a health policy for older prisoners. However, provision is still patchy and there is no ring-fenced funding to alter and modify buildings.

Overall there remains a gap between policy and practice. Sources: http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/subsection.asp?id=250 .

Yes they can Some sort of accommodation might need to be made, depending on the severity of the disability, but I know that people with all sorts of physical and mental disabilities have been imprisoned for crimes. The case that I linked involved a parapalegic criminal defendant who sued because the courthouse didn't have an elevator and his case was tried on the second floor. It didn't say if he was convicted (I'm assuming the answer is probably yes) but I would hold it out as evidence that people in wheelchairs can be sent to jail or prison.

Sources: caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.p..., communities.justicetalking.org/blogs/day..., .

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