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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND UNION PARISH DETENTION CENTER Press Release BACKGROUNDSettlement Agreement • May 5th, 2020
This Agreement resolves the United States’ investigation of UPDC for alleged discrimination against an individual with a disability in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131–12134, and its implementing regulation, 28 C.F.R. Part 35. UPDC held a detainee with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in isolated, segregated housing for approximately six months because he has HIV. UPDC also failed to afford this detainee the same confidentiality protections that it affords other detainees. UPDC posted information on the detainee’s cell door from which passing nonmedical staff and other detainees could infer his HIV status. On at least one occasion, a UPDC staff member deliberately revealed the detainee’s HIV status to another detainee. This disclosure exposed the detainee to the risk of harassment, stigmatization, and other harm from detainees or staff who hold unfounded fears or prejudices about individuals with HIV. Segregation of detain
