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Jul. 29, 2021 6:09 AM
Disabled and mentally ill people, who were sentenced to community service, are being unjustly sent to jail because their condition makes it impossible for them to serve their sentence in community service.
The law states that the official in charge of community service must make good efforts to find places where a variety of convicts, including disabled, can serve their sentence. Disabled and mentally ill people, however, are being discriminated against compared to physically and mentally fit people convicted of the same crimes.
E., who is disabled from birth and suffers psychiatric disabilities, was convicted more than two years ago of attempted online sexual harassment. A Tel Aviv court sentenced E. to eight months of community service and referred him to the community service official to find a suitable slot. But the official found that E. was not suitable for community service.
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