ADA Polices, Grievance Procedures, Population of Prisoners with Physical Disabilities

Good morning, please see the below as responsive to your request for public records. There is one item as noted below that is not yet available. I will forward as soon as the information is received.

Pursuant to the Ohio Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

All policies relating to, or mentioning, the word "ADA," "disability," "blind," or "deaf," or the phrase "Americans with Disabilities Act;"

Please click on the following link under Equal Employment Opportunities and Programs: DRC EEO Policies<http://www.drc.ohio.gov/web/drc_policies/drc_policies.htm>

The number of prisoners who have been identified by DOC as blind or as having visual impairments, if any;

355

The number of prisoners who have been identified by DOC as deaf or as being hard of hearing, if any;

316

The number of prisoners who have been identified by DOC as being blind and deaf, if any;

Unable to query but I am not aware of any such inmates in our system

The number of prisoners who have been identified by DOC as having mobility impairments (e.g., spinal cord injuries, quadriplegia, etc.);

We track this by number of inmates requiring a wheel chair and number of inmates with mobility issues but do not require a wheel chair:

Wheel chair: 338

Mobility issue: 830

The number of prisoners placed in administrative segregation, protective custody, or similar status, and who have been identified by DOC as (1) blind or as having a visual impairment; (2) deaf or as being hard of hearing; (3) blind and deaf, and/or (4) having a mobility impairment;

Unable to query this data

All statistics concerning all requests for accommodation from offenders, and the nature and outcome of the accommodations requested, from January 2015-January 2016.

Response is pending and will be forwarded as soon as received.

The number of ADA-related grievances by prisoners with disabilities that were filed from January 2015-January 2016;

Unable to query this data. However, we did conduct a review of grievances logged with the complaint code "handicapped facilities" and found 3 grievances filed.

The number of ADA-related grievances filed by prisoners with disabilities that were resolved from January 2015-January 2016; and

From the above number all were resolved

The number of ADA-related grievances filed by prisoners with disabilities that were pending as of January 2016.

All grievances are resolved within 14 days of receipt by the inspector unless there is an extension of an additional 14 days. There are no pending grievances from 2015

Roger Wilson
Chief Inspector
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
(614) 752-1674

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Good morning, please see the following as responsive to your inquiry. We do not keep stats regarding the nature of the request. Also, I note a request for records dated June 6, 2016 which appears to be a duplicate of the request via email dated March 24, 2016. Therefore, this response will be considered responsive to the June 6, 2016 request as well.

All statistics concerning all requests for accommodation from offenders, and the nature and outcome of the accommodations requested, from January 2015-January 2016.
Approved Accomodations: 43
Partially Approved: 10
Denied: 30

Roger Wilson
Chief Inspector
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
(614) 752-1674