A federal judge has given initial approval to an agreement that requires the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to improve conditions in its jails for inmates using wheelchairs and others with impaired mobility. U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson's preliminary approval Monday of a 23-page settlement agreement with the ACLU of Southern California comes six years after attorneys filed the class-action suit alleging discrimination and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Eighth and 14th amendments.
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