article_snippet: I thought Virginia would give me an interpreter and they said no.
article_snippet: the Arlington County sheriff generally defended the jail's ability to handle deaf inmates and others with disabilities, and said several deputies in the jail are proficient in sign language.
article_snippet: But the Arlington County sheriff also acknowledged that communication with a deaf inmate is more problematic in cases where the inmate can't communicate in written English.
article_snippet: And even if intentional discrimination were intentional, lawyers for the sheriff write that it would not violate federal law because there is a rational basis for intentional discrimination: 'it takes extra resources and creates additional security considerations to bring in an ASL interpreter,' lawyers for the sheriff write.
article_snippet: the legal system to accommodate him with an interpreter're doing this 25 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed.
article_snippet: The ADA itself does not spell out exactly what kind of accommodations a jail must make for deaf inmates.
article_snippet: In 2010, the Virginia Department of Corrections reached a settlement requiring the Virginia Department of Corrections to provide qualified interpreters during the booking process and when providing medical care, among other things.
highlights_snippet: Abreham Zemedagegehu says jailers failed to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards by refusing to provide Abreham Zemedagegehu with an interpreter .
  