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Amy Elkins Parting Words Exhibit

Jun 13, 2015deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEditorials, Photo-essay#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Angola Three, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, Prison Art, Solitary Confinement

By Jean F. Andrews A Photography Exhibition by Amy Elkins at the Houston Center for Photography, May 8th to July 5, 2015 Amy Elkins, photographer examines capital punishment and solitary confinement through her powerful, haunting and evocative exhibition. For many years, Ms. Elkins had a personal relationship with many inmates on death row through letter

Haven’t Had a Digest Post in a While, Now

Oct 13, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsUncategorized#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Angola Three, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Digest Posts, LynneStewart, Pam Bondi

By BitcoDavid Former Parchman Farm warden passes at 67 Donald Cabana was the warden of what many consider to be the harshest prison in the United States. He was also a staunch anti-death penalty advocate. He was known for saying, “There is a part of the warden that dies with his prisoner.” — NYT. In

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

LA DOJ in Email Blast, Angola 3 Never Held in Solitary

Mar 21, 2013deafinprisonorgNews, Petitions#JusticeForFelix, Albert Woodfox, Angola Three, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, Louisiana State Penitentiary, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid DeafInPrison.com will always do its best to present both sides of any issue we cover. That of course, isn’t always possible, as commonly law enforcement tends to be quite close-mouthed about things. Not so, apparently, with the Louisiana Attorney General – James “Buddy” Caldwell. I got the following in my e-mail today, and

Amnesty International Petition for Angola 3 Member

Mar 11, 2013deafinprisonorg35 CommentsPetitions#JusticeForFelix, Amnesty International, Angola, Angola Three, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Louisiana, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid Amnesty International has created a petition for Albert Woodfox, who has spent 41 years in solitary confinement, from the 1972 conviction of murdering a guard at Angola. The court has since then, reversed its decision – on several occasions – but the Attorney General of the state of Louisiana has stubbornly appealed, each