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Boston Red Sox to Begin Training in ASL

Apr 1, 2014deafinprisonorgHumor, News#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Boston Red Sox, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid The 2013 World Champion Boston Red Sox will begin a program of ASL training for all players, according to principal owner, John Henry. Henry said, “This has nothing to do with communication. It occurred to me and to [team manager] John Farrell, that ASL would be a good way for our players to

The Struggle of the Deaf in Prison

Mar 28, 2014deafinprisonorg10 CommentsEditorials, Felix Garcia Case, ReBlogs#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Americans with Disabilities Act, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Silent Grapevine, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid Deep beneath Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain – recently renamed Mt. BitcoDavid – lies the DeafInPrison.com complex. Here, thousands of worker bees – wearing black suits, dark sunglasses and coiled thingies in their ears – drive around in blacked-out Chevy Suburbans, and labor tirelessly to bring you the best in Internet content. Recently they received

Press Release on Felix Garcia Case

Mar 26, 2014deafinprisonorg1 CommentAwards and Accolades, Embeded Files, Felix Garcia Case#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Embedded Media, Florida, Sachs Media Group

By BitcoDavid Below, you can see a copy of the press release that Sachs Media Group sent out to all the major players in both the national and local media. DeafInPrison.com is not only proud of our efforts to free Felix Garcia, but we are also quite flattered that Sachs Media included us in that

Deaf Bill of Rights act in Georgia

Mar 25, 2014deafinprisonorgEmbeded Files, Supporter Contributions#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Frank James John Lala Jr. Ph.D., Georgia, Mental health

By Supporter Contributor Frank James John Lala, Jr., Ph.D. [scribd id=214463509 key=key-f69l25rm7bn4eb70cmp mode=scroll] Here’s the linked Ruling via embedded PDF. [scribd id=214466324 key=key-1c34geqcw3phhw6v8asz mode=scroll] For more reading by Frank James John Lala Jr. Ph.D. see the link below. http://www.amazon.com/Counseling-Substance-Abuser-Frank-James/dp/0966375300 Keynote Speaker at the World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf on

#KeepASLInSchools Video Finally Done!

Mar 25, 2014deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEmbeded Files, Video#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Insight, DeafInPrison.com, Monica Hood

By BitcoDavid It was like the 7 labors of Hercules! All kidding aside, it was a great project and I am proud and happy to have been a part of it. So, without further ado… [wpvideo q0bvepp3] As I am working more and more with Sign now, I’m learning some of the significant differences between

Is the U.S. Becoming a Police State?

Mar 21, 2014deafinprisonorg3 CommentsEmbeded Files#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Police Abuse, SecurityHub.com, War on Drugs

By BitcoDavid The above infographic was made by SecurityHub.com, and sent to me via e-mail. the full sized original can be viewed, Here. Please comment. I would be interested to know if our readers agree or disagree. BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a

Dogs Serving Time in Prison – Temporarily

Mar 14, 2014deafinprisonorgEditorials, Inmate Letters, Service Animal Programs#BetterIn2014, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Dog, Florida, Pat Bliss, Service Animals

By Pat Bliss This is not a normal posting about deaf prisoners, but my friend BitcoDavid is an avid dog lover so I have combined the two. These dogs inside prisons are trained to be service dogs for wheelchair people, autistic children, PTSD vets and facility dogs for hospitals and nursing homes. They come from

How to Promote Early Reading Acquisition: First Promote ASL

Mar 14, 2014deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Editorials#BetterIn2014, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, Language interpretation, Reading and Deafness

By Jean F. Andrews Reading continues to be one of the major obstacles for deaf adults in obtaining their Constitutional Rights. Reading court and legal documents is next to impossible. Even with a sign language interpreter the concepts are difficult to grasp. In the ivory tower the debate is whether the reading process is qualitatively

Evergreen Dog Bites Baby

Mar 5, 2014deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEmbeded Files#BetterIn2014, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Colorado, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Dog, Evergreen

By BitcoDavid This story has nothing to do with our stated mission, but I’m a dog lover who grew up in Evergreen, Co., and I can’t let a national story about both – in synchronicity – go unnoticed. [scribd id=210799261 key=key-182m5fl6m94neoagr2f0 mode=scroll] Of course, in my day, there was no 4700 block of Pine Road.

Song Tells Felix’s Suffering

Jan 31, 2014deafinprisonorg3 CommentsEmbeded Files, Felix Garcia Case#BetterIn2014, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Heather Hardy, Pat Bliss

By Pat Bliss Heather Hardy is one of the individuals who wrote our petition for Felix Garcia’s pardon. She recently completed recording the song she wrote to accompany that petition. She is currently seeking an interpreter to facilitate the production of a video of the song, which we will publish here, upon its completion. Until