California prison officials have failed to monitor and protect hundreds of disabled parolees in county jails, a federal judge ruled, citing "overwhelming and disturbing evidence" that inmates with disabilities are being denied access to housing, programs and services.

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken of Oakland on Friday ordered state officials to give each county a daily list of disabled parolees in its jail and make sure they get needed accommodations, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.

Some inmates have been denied canes, wheelchairs and other basic aids, and haven't been allowed to file grievances, Wilken said. Some jails failed to make sign-language interpreters and telephone assistance devices available to deaf parolees, she added.

The state is reviewing Friday's ruling, said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Friday's ruling, part of a 1994 lawsuit, involves former state prisoners sent to county jails for violating their parole terms.

Wilken cited more than 60 declarations from disabled inmates, saying some "crawled or limped in pain to hearings and meetings in county jails" after they were denied wheelchairs.

The judge said she first pointed out the state's failure to meet the needs of disabled parolees more than a decade ago, but officials have done little to comply.

State officials argued they aren't responsible for county inmates, but Wilken said the state must safeguard parolees' legal rights because it decides when to grant and revoke parole.

"When the state chooses to house its parolees in the county jails, it can't look the other way," she said.