How Accessible Is ms.gov When Looking Up Carroll Montgomery Regional (screen readers & assistive tech)

Tracking down jail or prison information is stressful enough without a website fighting you every step of the way. If you rely on a screen reader, keyboard navigation, zoom, or other assistive tools, even minor accessibility issues can turn a simple task - like confirming you're on the right facility page - into a drawn-out headache. Here's what ms.gov says about accessibility and what that actually means when you're using the site to find information about Carroll Montgomery Regional.

The ms.gov accessibility policy includes a clear commitment: the state pledges to develop and maintain its web pages and services so they're accessible to people with all types of abilities. When you're using ms.gov to find information connected to Carroll Montgomery Regional, the site is designed to support independent access - you should be able to get what you need without relying on someone else to interpret the page for you.

ms.gov also states that its pages have been tested with popular screen readers. This matters when you're pulling up a facility listing or related state-hosted page and expect headings, labels, and page structure to make sense through assistive tech. Testing doesn't guarantee a perfect experience for every user, but it shows the site is at least being checked against common screen-reader use cases.

Beyond one-time testing, ms.gov says it continually monitors pages and makes modifications to remove accessibility obstacles. In practice, if an ms.gov-hosted page used to find Carroll Montgomery Regional information has a barrier - like a control that doesn't work with a keyboard or content that doesn't read cleanly - the state's approach is to keep improving those pages over time rather than treating accessibility as a one-and-done project.

One spot where people get tripped up: when a state page sends you somewhere else. If the Carroll Montgomery Regional page on ms.gov links out to another website, ms.gov may not control, maintain, or regulate that linked page - and it says it isn't responsible for external content. So even if ms.gov itself works toward accessibility, a linked page you reach through it may not meet the same standards.

1. Figure out where the problem is happening - If the issue is on an ms.gov page, it’s part of what the state controls; if you clicked a link and landed on a different organization’s website, that’s likely outside ms.gov’s control.
2. For linked (external) sites, contact the site owner - ms.gov’s guidance is to reach out to the organization responsible for the linked external website if you discover problems or have concerns about it, including accessibility barriers.
3. For ms.gov-hosted pages, report the barrier to ms.gov - If the accessibility issue is on a page that’s actually hosted on ms.gov, the fix has to happen on the ms.gov side, so use ms.gov’s accessibility/contact channel to flag what isn’t working.
4. Be specific about what your assistive tech is doing - Share the page name, what you were trying to do, what tool you use (screen reader/keyboard-only/zoom), and what broke (for example: a button that can’t be reached by tabbing, or a form field with no label).

This article covers ms.gov website accessibility only - how the state describes screen-reader support, monitoring, and what happens when you're sent to a third-party site. It doesn't cover Carroll Montgomery Regional's in-person accessibility, facility policies, or how the facility itself handles accommodations.