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Rockstar Talila Lewis Gets Op-Ed in Major Newspaper

May 21, 2013deafinprisonorg23 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, Americans with Disabilities Act, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, H.E.A.R.D., South Florida Sun Sentinel, Talila Lewis, Tomoka CI

By BitcoDavid Talila Lewis from HEARD, wrote a piece that was featured in the South Florida Sun Sentinel. It’s an important article, because it singles out Tomoka – which is where Felix Garcia is unjustly serving time. Although this article refers to some horrible mistreatment of Deaf inmates, Felix has reported that he’s actually much

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

Not Really a Digest Post – Sort of an Apetiser

May 9, 2013deafinprisonorg9 CommentsDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Elton John, James Ridgeway, Jethro Tull, June Cleaver, Moorbey, SolitaryWatch

By BitcoDavid First off, last night’s ASL meetup went well, except that Marsha Graham was not in attendance. Marsha suffered a bad fall yesterday in the early part of the day, and broke her shoulder. She’s currently in the hospital, and the road to recovery looks long and difficult. In order to respect her privacy,

Better

May 5, 2013deafinprisonorg5 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, Baby Boom, BitcoDavid, Chris Walas, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jack LaLanne, Language, Marsha Graham

By BitcoDavid In a scene from Chris Walas‘s the Fly II, the lead character, Martin and his girlfriend are hiding out in a motel. He’s mutating into a giant fly – twitching, peeling and losing his teeth and hair. Beth, his girlfriend, tells him they need to get to a doctor. She say’s “you’re getting

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

Them Hearies; Who Can Figure ‘Em?

May 2, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, AnotherBoomerBlog, ASL, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Hard of Hearing, HoH Community, Marsha Graham

By BitcoDavid Marsha Graham raised an interesting point, this morning. In a post on her site, she asked why Hearies often leave the TV blaring in the background, while attempting an important business call. I responded as best I could with a comment. The above links will take you to her original post, and my

April at DeafInPrison.com

May 1, 2013deafinprisonorg19 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, ASL Meetup, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Lipreading Mom, Live Blogging, Marsha Graham, Red Sox, Supporter Contributions

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=138924950 key=key-2f9bnjhd5j5e2x77gezx 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 cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

H.E.A.R.D. Sends Letter to Editors of Major Fla. Papers

Apr 30, 2013deafinprisonorg5 CommentsPetitions#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, Deafblindness, DeafInPrison.com, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Florida Department of Corrections, H.E.A.R.D., Sexual abuse, Talila Lewis

By BitcoDavid Talila Lewis of Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf, composed and sent the following letter. Dear Editor: The abuse experienced by deaf prisoners housed in the Florida Department of Corrections defies imagination. Our most vulnerable prisoners–those who are deaf, deaf-blind, blind, elderly and mentally and physically disabled–are the victims of extreme

Most Influential Blogger Award

Apr 29, 2013deafinprisonorg19 CommentsAwards and Accolades#JusticeForFelix, anniversaries, BitcoDavid, Blogging, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Followed Blogs, Moorbey'z Blog

By BitcoDavid Moorbey’z Blog – who by the way, is celebrating their 3rd anniversary – has honored DeafInPrison.com with the Most Influential Blogger award. The rules are pretty simple. All we have to do is nominate 12 other bloggers and link to them. Although, I can’t know, I tried to nominate sites that haven’t already

Embed: DOJ’s 71ppg PDF on Serial Murder

Apr 28, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, DSM, Murder, Serial killer, Spree killer, Thrill Killers, United States Department of Justice

By BitcoDavid Several years ago, I did a paper on the differences between the 3 major types of mass murderers. Serial Killers, Spree Killers and Thrill Killers. The terms are not interchangeable – the three types have succinctly different motivations, methodologies and pathologies. Research for that piece came from the DSM-IV, and from the