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When Death Comes as a Kindness

Oct 6, 2013deafinprisonorg8 CommentsNews, Obits#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Angola Three, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Herman Wallace, New York Times, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid Herman Wallace is best known as one of the Angola 3. Sites like Prisonmovement’s Weblog and Moorbey’z Blog have spent years trying to get him released from solitary confinement in Louisiana. Early on Friday, October 4th, Herman Wallace passed away, after a long battle with cancer. He was 71 years old. Wallace was a

And in the “Who is Rescuing Whom” Department…

Aug 30, 2013deafinprisonorg8 CommentsNews, ReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Dozier School, Florida, Florida School for Boys, RumpyDog, Therapy dog

By BitcoDavid One of my guilty pleasures is reading Rumpydog. Rumpy is a Malamute who lives with several other dogs and cats, all of whom were rescues. Even more so than Jack – but don’t let him know I said it – Rumpy is a fabulous writer and photographer, as well as a very photogenic model.

A Day I’ve Spent 40 Years Fighting For Has Finally Arrived!

Aug 30, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsNews, ReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Cannabis, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, MadMikesAmerica, United States Department of Justice, War on Drugs

By BitcoDavid My good friend and journalistic mentor MadMike, posted this today on his awesome site. US Department of Justice Ends 75 Years of Marijuana Prohibition Finally, the United States government is recognizing what millions of people have know for years: there’s a huge demand for pot, and no amount of regulation will keep it

Dr. McCay Vernon Passes Away

Aug 28, 2013deafinprisonorg10 CommentsAdministrative Information, News#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Felix Garcia Case, Joanne Greenberg, McCay Vernon, Pat Bliss

By BitcoDavid From our Author’s page: McCay Vernon is the inspiration behind DeafInPrison.com. Upon learning of Felix Garcia’s plight in Florida, Vernon contacted Joanne Greenberg about writing a book regarding the struggles of Deaf inmates. Ms. Greenberg liked the idea, but thought a Blog site may be a more effective method of reaching an audience.

Best Digest Post Ever

Aug 12, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsDigest Posts, News#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Eric Holder, FCC, MadMikesAmerica, Talila Lewis

By BitcoDavid Wow! What a week last week was! Three important milestones took place last week. Some good news is definitely welcome. Up until now, phone companies and the institutions themselves have profited off inmates use of phones. The rates inmates and their families have been charged for calls can be as much as 10

Now, This is the Stupidest Thing I’ve Ever Heard

Jul 9, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, AlterNet, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, School to Prison Pipeline, United States Constitution

By BitcoDavid AlterNet just posted a piece on certain states enacting laws against baggy pants. I’d have filed this story under humor if I was kidding – but I’m not. Cities around the country including Cocoa Beach, FL, Lynwood, IL, Boston, New York City and Shreveport, LA have enacted – or are in the process

Update: 6/20/2013

Jun 20, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, ABC News, ASL Meetup, BitcoDavid, Bugs Bunny, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Errata, Marsha Graham

By BitcoDavid Here at DeafInPrison.com, we’re not above admitting to a mistake. After all, we make so few of them. But alas, to err is Human. Yesterday, we posted the story of a 12 year-old girl who was denied the right to use ASL on a New Jersey school bus. Well, it turns out that

In a Related Story…

Jun 19, 2013deafinprisonorg12 CommentsNews, ReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, ABC News, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Facebook, JeanFAndrews, New Jersey, Sign language

By BitcoDavid Our contributor, Jean F. Andrews wrote this as a response to a comment on her last post. After reading it, I thought our readers who had not seen the original comment thread, would be interested in it. It may be useful to those of us who are not parents of Deaf children –

Super Huge Digest Post – 6/14/2013

Jun 14, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, AlterNet, ASL Meetup, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Marsha Graham, Orange Is the New Black, Piper Kerman, Shanna Groves

By BitcoDavid OK. Spark up a Cohiba and get settled in. Books and Movies We recently did a review of the book, Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman. Well, Netflix is planning a streamed television series based on the book. As many of you may be aware, Netflix is working to position themselves

Happy Birthday Miranda

Jun 13, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentEditorials, News#JusticeForFelix, Arizona, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Ernesto Miranda, Miranda, Miranda Warning, Right to silence, United States Supreme Court

By BitcoDavid A huge digest post is in the can, for later on today. And I’ve been working on tons of projects offsite, that I think you will find interesting and worthy. But I wanted to get this up in time, and on its own. Today way back in 1966, the SCOTUS ruled for the defendant