(AP) Six former inmates claim in a federal lawsuit that Maryland's prison system fails to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Baltimore Sun cited allegations in the lawsuit on Tuesday that included prison guards making a one-legged man walk into the showers with no support.
The case was filed in October in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
The inmates allege a culture of noncompliance with the ADA and indifference by prison guards.
The inmates are suing the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and a number of prison officials.
The suit was filed before more than two dozen corrections officers were charged last week with running a "criminal enterprise" inside the state's prisons.
