U.S. District Court: TELEVISION.

Chisolm v. Manimon, 97 F.Supp.2d 615 (D.N.J. 2000). A former jail detainee sued the official in charge or a county detention center alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The district court held that under state law, jails were "places of public accommodation" but that the jail made reasonable accommodations for the detainee's deafness and did not violate ADA. The court noted that even though the jail did not immediately provide a telecommunications device (TDD) for the detainee, an interpreter was not provided within the cell area, and close captioning was not activated on the television set provided for detainees, he was allowed to use his own TDD, security concerns precluded the provision of an interpreter in the cell area, and there was no showing that the detainee asked to have the close captioning activated. (Mercer County Detention Center, New Jersey)