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Felix’s Story Serialized Pt. 2
deafinprisonorg8 CommentsEmbeded Files, Felix Garcia Case#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Criminal law, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Inmates, DeafInPrison.com, Pat Bliss
By Pat Bliss BitcoDavid has been working hard on reformatting these sequences of Felix’s story into PDF files. I hope you enjoy this second installment in our combined effort. [scribd id=150174737 key=key-2lycpy2lg41verbguipa mode=scroll] Be sure and check out Felix’s petition. We need your help, freeing this innocent Deaf man. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/453/783/026/felix-garcia-should-be-granted-a-full-pardon Pat Bliss is a retired
Boxer (The Horse, This Time)
deafinprisonorg15 CommentsFelix Garcia Case, Petitions#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Animal Farm, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, George Orwell, Pam Bondi
By BitcoDavid I’m reminded by my good friends and mentors at MadMike’s America, that today is George Orwell’s birthday. The venerable author, linguist and political activist would have been 110 years old, today. One of my favorite Orwell characters – and not related to my avocation – is Boxer, the horse from Animal Farm. Boxer
Excellent Interview Video on Solitary from WGBH
deafinprisonorg6 CommentsEmbeded Files, Video#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Mental health, Solitary Confinement, Torture, WGBH
By BitcoDavid The following video comes from Boston’s WGBH TV. The video presents a number of interesting facts regarding solitary confinement, including that it’s expensive, and poses a public safety threat. We know it’s torture, and we know that it destroys minds and crushes souls – but many argue that prisoners deserve no better. Well,
Death in Custody: a PDF From the DOJ
deafinprisonorg11 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Adobe PDF, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, DOJ, Embedded Media, Prison suicide
By BitcoDavid Below is a report from the Department of Justice, listing the number of deaths among prisoners in custody for the period from 2001 to 2007. [scribd id=149738294 key=key-72cuqll0vqwa4alewbw mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a
A Must See Video Says it All
deafinprisonorg17 CommentsVideo#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Beyond Bars, BitcoDavid, Brave New Films, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, PrisonMovement's Weblog, YouTube
By BitcoDavid I got this from PrisonMovement’s Weblog‘s FaceBook page. This video says exactly what I’ve been trying to tell people, all along. A great watch, from Beyond Bars and Brave New Films. BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher –
26 Minutes in the SHU
deafinprisonorg12 CommentsVideo#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Moorbey'z Blog, Pelican Bay State Prison, SHU, Solitary Confinement
By BitcoDavid Much thanks and respect to Moorbey who originally posted this – well originally for us, anyway. It was actually posted on YouTube by KQED News. It was shot by the security camera in one of the exercise pens at Pelican Bay. I post it here with the following nugget of food for thought.
Hey, They Made Their Choices…
deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, Albert Fish, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Dick Cheney, Pablo Escobar, Prison, SWAT, Washington Post
By BitcoDavid I often hear the argument, people in prison made their choices – now they have to deal with the consequences. Many of us believe that the prisons in America are bursting at the seams with rapists, murders, thieves and pedophiles. And that – of course – isn’t completely untrue. On the other hand,
Over 400 Signatures for Felix
deafinprisonorg18 CommentsFelix Garcia CaseBitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, Free Felix Garcia FaceBook Page, James Ridgeway, Pam Bondi, Pat Bliss, Twitter
By BitcoDavid I was delightfully surprised when checking Felix’s petition, this morning. We’ve finally gotten out of the 300s, where we’ve been stuck for months. We are now the longest lived, and largest petition, since this case went public. As Pat Bliss stated in her last update, the clemency hearing for Felix is underway now.
Adapted Little Books
deafinprisonorg3 CommentsAdministrative InformationAdapted Little Books, American Sign Language, ASL, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Education, JeanFAndrews, Reading (process), University of Illinois
By Jean F. Andrews [Editor’s Note: After some embarrassing tech issues – which you may have caught, but have since been corrected – Jean F. Andrews has graciously filled us in on the Adapted Little Books. This information is also available in the comments section of In a Related Story…, originally posted on 6/19 – BitcoDavid]
Roaches, Swimming and ASL
By BitcoDavid We had a pretty good sized group at last night’s ASL meetup. I brought along a trusty friend – my little Kodak 5X, and had just snapped the 2nd shot of the night, when one of the group members told me that mall-cops don’t like cameras. I was confused, but I told him
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