Fact Sheet: Highlights of the Final Rule to Amend the Department of Justice's Regulation Implementing Title II of the ADA

9. Detention and Correctional Facilities. The final rule clarifies the requirements that apply to correctional facilities. It provides for an increase over the minimum percentage established in the ADA/ABA Accessibility Guidelines developed by the Access Board by requiring three percent of newly constructed or altered cells to be accessible, rather than two percent provided for in the guidelines.