Stories of the Broken

What is a disability?

A disability is a condition or function this is significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. Disabilities can involve various impairments including physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual impairments as well as mental illness and different types of chronic diseases. A person with disabilities has special needs that they require to allow them to function to the best of their ability. In the prison systems of today however, these individuals aren’t treated justly. Often times these individuals end up in jail because of their disabilities, and rather than giving them guidance and help to prevent issues in the future; they are jailed, abused, isolated—all of which only further bring damage to them, rather than rehabilitate them.

In our coutry today there has been an alarming increase in disabled individuals in prisonsons and jails. The groups we'll focus on here include incarcerated children, women, veterans, and the negative affects of solitary confinement.