Living with Disabilities
Nearly 38% of state and federal prisoners had at least one disability, according to a 2016 study conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The most commonly reported type of disabilities included cognitive (23%), ambulatory (12%) and vision (11%) disabilities. These are stories about how people inside are living with disabilities.
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