Arlt v. Missouri Department of Corrections.

• Position: Prisoner loss the job after correction officers failed to provide accomodation for writing test - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

REHABILITATION ACT

ADA -- Americans with Disabilities Act

Arlt v. Missouri Department of Corrections, 229 F.Supp.2d 938 (D.Mo. 2002). An inmate brought an action under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act, alleging that corrections officials failed to provide him with accommodations for taking a high school equivalency test. The district court held that the department of corrections was liable under the Rehabilitation Act to the disabled inmate who allegedly lost his premium-pay job due to the department's refusal to make accommodations. The court awarded damages in the form of back pay from the date he lost his premium-pay job to the...