[NAGDU] jail

[Ryan Boudwin]

As a former correctional officer, this seems absurd to me. With the
isolated exception of the medical isolation pod for prisoners with
extremely contagious illnesses (like active tuberculosis), I can't think of
any reason whatsoever to restrict guide dog access to a correctional
facility.

I don't know what the legal ramifications are here but there is no
legitimate security risk to bringing in a guide dog into a correctional
facility.

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:16 PM Janell via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I had a college student contact me today with an access question.  She is
> blind and about 50% deaf.  She has a class that requires her to go along
> with the class to tour a jail.  This is something the university has set
> up.
> When the jail was informed that she would be attending with her guide dog,
> they said absolutely not.  They said they would have to shut down the jail
> if she would bring a guide dog with her.  She will be with her guide dog
> and
> her interpreter, along with the rest of the class and they still said no.
> Just looking for some advice before I get back to her with what to do?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance, Janell and Miss Rosy
>
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