[NAGDU] jail

[Mary Metzger]

As a longtime former Correctional Services civilian employee, I visited many
facilities of all security levels with several guide dogs.  A number of
correctional facilities throughout the United States have introduced
successful puppy-raising programs which have not compromised prison
security.  Permitting an unknown group of students to tour a facility would
seem to pose a potentially much more serious threat to security than the
presence of one well-controlled guide dog.

This prohibition appears to be the decision of an individual administrator,
which could be reversed by a higher authority.

Mary Beth Metzger 

-----Original Message-----
From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Boudwin via
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Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 3:21 PM
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Cc: Ryan Boudwin <ryanboudwin at gmail.com>
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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