Lawsuit challenges bill that blocks most Mississippians from helping friends, neighbors deliver absentee ballots JACKSON, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Mississippi Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU-MS and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) […]
DISABILITY RIGHTS MISSISSIPPI STATEMENT ON HENLEY-YOUNG CONSENT DECREE TERMINATION For more than a decade, Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS), along with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), has monitored conditions at […]
View and download the latest edition of the Mississippi Developmental Disabilities Newsletter below:
As Mississippi’s protection and advocacy agency for individuals with disabilities, DRMS is responsible for protecting the rights of all Mississippians with disabilities…and when we say all, we mean it. The disability community is incredibly diverse. There is no […]
DISABILITY RIGHTS MISSISSIPPI SUES MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR INHUMANE PRISON CONDITIONS JACKSON, Mississippi — Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) has filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for inhumane and discriminatory conditions and practices in […]