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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

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

Cindy the Pooch – Public Enemy

Jun 9, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, AlterNet, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Dog, Saving Private Ryan, Straight Edge, SWAT, War on Drugs

By BitcoDavid We have to stop this. The latest victim in the failed war on drugs is a veteran’s dog. AlterNet reports that on Monday, June 3rd, another military commando SWAT team, armed with – among the tear gas grenades and AK47s – a search warrant for the wrong address, shot and killed an Iraq

Newest Weapon in War on Drugs? Special-Ed Kids

May 29, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, AlterNet, BitcoDavid, California, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Press Enterprise, Special education, Temecula Valley Unified School District, War on Drugs

By BitcoDavid AlterNet reports that a California school administrator forced a Special-Education student to buy marijuana from a teenaged suspect, for a police sting. The boy is now the subject of bullying, violence and threats, and his parents are suing the district. In a complaint filed against the Temecula Valley Unified School District this month,

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

Digest Post 5/3

May 3, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsUncategorized#JusticeForFelix, AlterNet, BitcoDavid, Corrections Corporation of America, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Digest Posts, New Jersey, New York Times, Washington Post

By BitcoDavid OK, today’s digest post is huge. Let me start with a quick anecdote vis-à-vis this ear bud thing. A woman who fights at my gym, Kim – for whom I have a great deal of respect – is involved with the Team Blood project, and therefore contributes to numerous charities. She’s been holding

Post Birthday Digest Post

Apr 26, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsDigest PostsAlterNet, BitcoDavid, Boston Marathon, CNN, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Facebook, Lipreading Mom, Shanna Groves, Washington Post

By BitcoDavid Yes, you read that right. I’m 56 years old (going on 35). Jack’s birthday is tomorrow. He’ll be 4. You look at his pics, and you think, awww – such a punim. But see, Jack’s days as a puppy were not good ones. He was born into a Georgia dog fighting ring, and

Another Digest Post

Dec 4, 2012deafinprisonorgNews#JusticeForFelix, ADX Florence, AlterNet, BitcoDavid, California, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Denver Post, Solitary Watch, Supermax

By BitcoDavid With all that’s been going on at DeafInPrison.com, I’ve been unable to keep up with regular news posts. Well, the world keeps on turning and news waits for no man. Now we’ve got a huge backlog that will be presented in one massive digest post. So, let’s get this done. On November 24th,

We Spend More on Prisons than Schools – From AlterNet

Aug 30, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogsAlterNet, BitcoDavid, Black Inmates, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, postaday, Prison Population, Private Prisons, Social Darwinism, War on Drugs

You might find this article a bit partisan, but there is some very interesting information buried in it. It’s a reblog from AlterNet. Please let me know what you think. http://www.alternet.org/education/crazy-country-6-reasons-america-spends-more-prisons-higher-education?akid=9298.79351.y_IKZG&rd=1&src=newsletter701550&t=3 Why do people steal in order to buy drugs? For starters, most are poor and will stay that way because as a society we

Solitary Confinement is Used as Torture – From AlterNet

Aug 22, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogsAlterNet, Amnesty International, BitcoDavid, Black Inmates, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jim Ridgeway, postaday, Solitary Confinement, Supermax

As pertains to the Deaf, even incarceration within a general population environment can be likened to solitary confinement. In many cases, the inmate may be the sole Deaf occupant of the facility. In such cases, he will have no one to communicate with, and will in essence be in solitary confinement. However, this article refers