[NAGDU] jail

[Ryan Boudwin]

Even if the facility in question did have one, they aren't going to have
any tour groups going through it so it would be a non-issue.

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 2:30 PM Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> But in most of the jails there are not such medical pods are there? There
> would be in prisons, larger state and federal correctional facilities.
> Cindy Lou
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] jail
>
> 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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