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Book Review: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman

May 24, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsBook Reviews#JusticeForFelix, Book Review, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, DOJ, Illegal drug trade, JoanneGreenberg, Justice system, Piper Kerman, Prison

By Joanne Greenberg This is a memoir of fifteen months spent in Danbury Federal Prison work camp. In the range of prisons, this was the highest (best); the others were downhill from there. Piper had been a drug dealer, left the drug game, and ten years later was arrested in connection with a sweep arrest

Broken Sign: Important Announcement from BitcoDavid

May 22, 2013deafinprisonorg17 CommentsEvents, Job Opportunities#JusticeForFelix, ASL, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, U.S. Prisons, Video, Video Relay Service

By BitcoDavid I must admit, I learned this the same way a Japanese rock singer learns an American song. Nonetheless, I’m pretty proud of myself. [wpvideo admbd9B9] If you would be interested in doing this, use the contact form below. Please hurry, the window of opportunity is closing fast. Shooting is scheduled for the 1st

Probation Forms and the Deaf Offender: A Complex Matter With a Simple Solution

May 22, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, JeanFAndrews, Language interpretation, Prison, Probation, Probation officer, Readability

By Jean F. Andrews Probation is a court order that allows a person convicted of a crime to remain out of jail. An individual on probation must follow certain court-ordered procedures and keep from getting into trouble with the law. Probation violations both occur when an individual either breaks the rules or fails to keep

How Will 3D printing Affect Our Hearing Aids?

May 21, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentSupporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, 3D printing, CAMISHA, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Hearing, Hearing aid, Marcela De Vivo, Widex

By Supporter Contributor Marcela De Vivo Over the years, the need for hearing aids has reached a high volume. People are living longer (and thus, more people are dealing with later-life ailments) and they are more likely to listen to music at high decibel-levels. Fortunately, hearing aid technology is keeping up with the pace of such

Rockstar Talila Lewis Gets Op-Ed in Major Newspaper

May 21, 2013deafinprisonorg23 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, Americans with Disabilities Act, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, H.E.A.R.D., South Florida Sun Sentinel, Talila Lewis, Tomoka CI

By BitcoDavid Talila Lewis from HEARD, wrote a piece that was featured in the South Florida Sun Sentinel. It’s an important article, because it singles out Tomoka – which is where Felix Garcia is unjustly serving time. Although this article refers to some horrible mistreatment of Deaf inmates, Felix has reported that he’s actually much

The Half Message

May 13, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, Body Language, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Hearing, Hearing impairment, Joanne Greenberg, Mental health, Prison

By Joanne Greenberg Many people who have been through strongly negative experiences will declare afterwards, that their sufferings gave meaning and richness to their lives. I’ve never heard these emotions expressed by people who have been in prison. Incarceration is an experience its designers made for the purpose of changing lives. Each country’s prison system

Deaf – Blind Inmates: Are They Being Served Appropriately in Jail?

May 13, 2013deafinprisonorg10 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, Americans with Disabilities Act, Constitutional right, Deaf in Prison, Deafblindness, DeafInPrison.com, Human rights, JeanFAndrews, Language interpretation

By Jean F. Andrews According to a recent newsletter by HEARD, as of March 31, 2013, there are 407 deaf and deaf-blind prisoners in 38 states, Washington, D.C. and in the Federal Bureau of Prisoners. Within these numbers, we do not know exactly how many are deaf-blind or deaf and visually-impaired inmates there are in

A Mother’s Day Digest Post

May 12, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, AlterNet, Amanda Knox, BitcoDavid, Brooklyn, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, New York Times

By BitcoDavid For starters, I’m a Bozo. I misspelled Appetizer on my last post. I’d have edited it out, but once you publish a post, the title stays permanent. WordPress will repost the edited title as a new post. So, my Bozo moment lives on the Internet, frozen in eternity. Thanks Spellcheck – you’re off

Not Really a Digest Post – Sort of an Apetiser

May 9, 2013deafinprisonorg9 CommentsDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Elton John, James Ridgeway, Jethro Tull, June Cleaver, Moorbey, SolitaryWatch

By BitcoDavid First off, last night’s ASL meetup went well, except that Marsha Graham was not in attendance. Marsha suffered a bad fall yesterday in the early part of the day, and broke her shoulder. She’s currently in the hospital, and the road to recovery looks long and difficult. In order to respect her privacy,

Better

May 5, 2013deafinprisonorg5 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, Baby Boom, BitcoDavid, Chris Walas, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jack LaLanne, Language, Marsha Graham

By BitcoDavid In a scene from Chris Walas‘s the Fly II, the lead character, Martin and his girlfriend are hiding out in a motel. He’s mutating into a giant fly – twitching, peeling and losing his teeth and hair. Beth, his girlfriend, tells him they need to get to a doctor. She say’s “you’re getting