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People with disabilities are three times more likely to be sexually abused as children and three times more likely to be victims of violent crimes both as adolescents and adults.[]Erika Harrell, Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009–2013 - Statistical Tables (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2015).

Top Things to Know

  1. While officers face consequences in some high profile use-of-force incidents involving black men, fatal encounters continue.
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  2. A renewed focus on mental health for police—and the vulnerable populations they encounter.
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  3. ICE ramps up enforcement—including in “sensitive locations.”
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  • Medication-assisted treatment in corrections facilities shows promising results—and some are suing to obtain it.
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  • Media and nonprofit reports spotlight the widespread sexual abuse of people with disabilities—and offer insights to those trying to prevent it.
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  • Lack of translators consigns Deaf people in prison to isolation, exclusion.
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  • New York legislature considers restrictions on the use of solitary confinement.
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