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Prison life in the U.S. is tough. But when you have an intellectual, developmental or cognitive disability – as hundreds of thousands of Americans behind bars do – it can make you especially vulnerable. In March, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the federal agency tasked with gathering data on crime and the criminal justice system, published a report that found roughly two in five – 38% – of the 24,848 incarcerated people they surveyed across 364 prisons reported a disability of some sort. Across the entire incarcerated population, that translates to some 760,000 people with disabilities living behind bars. Around a quarter of those surveyed reported having a cognitive disability, such as difficulty remembering or making decisions. A similar proportion reported at some point being told ...

As a woman I can tell it's not always an easy job to be a female. At every step of life you are taught how harsh and cruel the world is, and how the world is your judge in any phase of life, when you are a child you are taught to act like a lady and behave well in front of others, when you grow up to be a teenager you are constantly reminded of how you were when you were a child and sometimes it's really disgracing, and when after all the struggle you manage to grow up and become a lady. Oh well, that's the time when you are told to act your age and not to be childish, my question is, in the whole process of growing up, where was being yourself? What was that one point which was in favour of me? In the whole process of being what others want you to be, you start losing your inner integrity...

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More Than 550,000 People With Intellectual Disabilities In US Prisons Face Exploitation, Harsh Treatment