Imprisonment of People with Intellectual Disability
Imprisonment of People with Intellectual Disability: Call for a Specialized Diversion Court
Tine Hansen-Turton, Elizabeth Hayden, Lori Plunkett, and Scott Spreat
Abstract
The overrepresentation of people with intellectual disability among the prison and jail
populations is reviewed. Possible reasons for this overrepresentation are discussed. The
development of a specialized intellectual disability/autism diversion court is suggested.