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Inmate Letter from Montana – 2nd in HEARD series

Sep 9, 2012deafinprisonorgInmate LettersAmericans with Disabilities Act, ASL, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, H.E.A.R.D., Interpreter, postaday, TTY Phones

Here’s the link to the PDF of this second inmate letter, courtesy of HEARD. HEARD Montana Inmate Letter Related Stories Montana State Prison: Female Guards Fired for Sexual Misconduct

Guest Post from Marsha Graham

Aug 11, 2012deafinprisonorgSupporter ContributionsASL, BitcoDavid, C.A.R.T., Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, International Sign Language, Marsha Graham, postaday, S.E.E., Video Interpreter Service

The above image is a picture of an old and dear friend of mine. It’s an analog synthesizer as manufactured by Buchla – circa 1975. I used to program these bad boys. While doing so, I learned of a device called a Votrax. This was a speech synthesizer that was supposed to be able to

Inspired by a Lipreading Mom

Aug 7, 2012deafinprisonorgEditorialsASL, BitcoDavid, C.A.R.T., Eniac, Internet Interpreting, Interpreter, Lipreading Mom, Marsha Graham, postaday, Video Interpreter Service

A recent conversation with Shanna Groves and Marsha Graham regarding the Girl Scouts unwillingness to utilize interpreters, got me to thinking. The Internet is the greatest invention of the 20th century because it creates channels of access that were previously unavailable. Blog publishing is one example. Prior to the Internet, those of us who wanted

Inmate Letter Dated March 15th, 2012

Jun 8, 2012deafinprisonorgInmate LettersAmericans with Disabilities Act, ASL, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, DeafInPrison.com Blog, Hearing Impaired, Pat Bliss, Prison rape, Prison Violence

Sadly, the original letter was barely legible. After a struggle, I managed to translate it – roughly – for you here. I tried to maintain the inmate’s voice, while working to make sense of it. –Pat. Hello to the peoples. Thanks for your support of the deaf people who have suffered in prison for

Jun 7, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogsAmericans with Disabilities Act, ASL, BitcoDavid, CrimeDime.com, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, JoanneGreenberg, McCay Vernon, Pat Bliss

Here’s the 2nd installment of my interview with CrimeDime They’ve done a fabulous job in writing up and formatting this entire series, and have earned the gratitude of myself and DeafInPrison.com

Jun 5, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogsAmericans with Disabilities Act, ASL, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, JoanneGreenberg, McCay Vernon, Pat Bliss, Sign

This was posted on http://crimedime.com. It represents the first in a series, and http://deafinprison.com is deeply grateful and indebted.

The Injustice of Lonliness as Punishment

Jun 2, 2012deafinprisonorgEditorialsAmericans with Disabilities Act, ASL, Deaf, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Injustice, Jail, JoanneGreenberg, Justice system

[The tagline for DeafInPrison.com is Sentenced to Solitude in Silence. Our contributor JoanneGreenberg sent this in. –Ed.] The hardest part of being deaf and in prison may not be the rapes, the missing of messages or the misunderstanding in general. It might be the absence of other deaf people. Imagine a Russian or Basque speaker

Inmate Letter

May 6, 2012deafinprisonorgInmate LettersAmericans with Disabilities Act, ASL, Black Inmates, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Inmates, Pat Bliss, Prison, Rape, TTY Phones

[The following was posted by Pat Bliss, and transcribed in Word format by me. It is a very tough read, as I tried to avoid editing as much as possible. I wanted it to be in the original voice, but did need to make some changes in grammar or spelling, only to make it readable.

Injustice: Mistreatment of the Deaf in Prison

Apr 28, 2012deafinprisonorgUncategorizedASL, Deaf in Prison, Deafness, H.E.A.R.D., Hearing Impaired, Injustice, Prison, Sign language

Talila Lewis from H.E.A.R.D. sent us this link. The post was actually written by a young intern. Injustice: Mistreatment of the Deaf in Prison.

Latest Letter from H.E.A.R.D.

Apr 25, 2012deafinprisonorgInmate LettersAmericans with Disabilities Act, ASL, Deaf in Prison, DOJ, Felix Garcia, Joe Arpaio, Justice system, Sign language, Video Interpreter Service

We’ve been fortunate enough to be receiving some help from Heard. This is a great organization that is dedicated to advancing the rights of the Deaf through education. If you are Deaf and behind bars, or you know someone who is, please contact Heard. They are building a database of cases, and may serve as