Examples and Resources to Support Criminal Justice Entities in Compliance with Title II of the ADA

Public entities may not:

• Use methods of program administration, including written rules and agency practices that have a discriminatory effect on people with disabilities.

  • Example of how local law enforcement, corrections, and justice system leaders have facilitated compliance with this obligation:

    • Trained and supervised corrections staff to conduct screening interviews of all prisoners upon admission to help identify prisoners with mental health disabilities or I/DD.

• Impose eligibility criteria that screen out people with disabilities from their programs, unless the criteria are necessary for the program.

  • Examples of how local law enforcement, corrections, and justice system leaders have facilitated compliance with this obligation:

    • Forbade use of non-essential eligibility criteria in diversion or re-entry programs that courts or corrections operate, mandate, or contract with.