Deaf in Prison Archives - Page 29 of 57

The Things We Take for Granted

Mar 15, 2013deafinprisonorgInmate Letters#JusticeForFelix, Americans with Disabilities Act, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Inmates, DeafInPrison.com, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Medical, Pat Bliss, U.S. Prisons

By Pat Bliss I get many letters from prisoners that just say they had to go to see a doctor or to medical for some reason. But in this one instance, a deaf prisoner in one of Florida’s prisons gave me an in-depth look as to what a prisoner goes through just to be there for a

CCA and Others Use Politics as Strategy

Mar 14, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Correction Corporation of America, Deaf in Prison, Deaf In Prison.com, GEO Group, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Private prison, Private Prisons, Sentencing Project

By BitcoDavid In January of last year, the Sentencing Project released a 25 page report entitled, Too Good to be True – Private Prisons in America, by Cody Mason. In the first decade of this century, the number of state inmates in private prisons increased by 80%, but the number of Federal inmates, saw gains

March 13th Digest Post

Mar 13, 2013deafinprisonorg5 CommentsUncategorized#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Digest Posts, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, New Jersey, Prison Legal News, PrisonMovement's Weblog, Solitary Watch

By BitcoDavid I promised I’d keep you updated on this story. Well, the Cannibal Cop has been found guilty. According to the NYT, Gilberto Valle has been found guilty and fired from the department. Sentencing will take place on June 19th, and he could face life. His lawyer called the verdict devastating, and said that

Follow Up Letter in NYT About “Drug Courts”

Mar 12, 2013deafinprisonorg5 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Claire Martin Photography, Criminal justice, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Drug Court, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, New York Times, Substance dependence

By BitcoDavid On March 2nd, we published a post about Federal judges working to institute Drug Court programs in several states. The Times recently published a follow up letter from an attorney for the Drug Policy Alliance. Here’s that letter as it appeared in the NYT, on March 10th. “Outside Box, U.S. Judges Offer Addicts New

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

Event! DeafNation Expo at Gallaudet University

Mar 11, 2013deafinprisonorg12 CommentsEvents#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, DeafNation.com, Gallaudet University, H.E.A.R.D., MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!

By BitcoDavid DeafNation will be having their expo at Gallaudet University on Saturday, April 20th. Admission is free, and you can register here. Saturday, April 20, 2013 Gallaudet University – Field House 800 Florida, Ave, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 HOURS: 9:00AM-5:00PM View this event in our Events Page. BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog

March 10th Digest Post – NYT

Mar 10, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsDigest Posts#JusticeForFelix, Ben Spencer, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Denise Milani, Innocence Project, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, New York Times, Texas

By BitcoDavid First off, The Times filed this under their Weddings and Celebrations column. Michael Morton and Cynthia May Chessman are newly-wedded man and wife. Morton however, was just freed from a Texas state prison facility, due to exoneration by DNA – thanks to the efforts of the Innocence Project. He had served 25 years

Unique Opportunity From Lipreading Mom

Mar 9, 2013deafinprisonorg11 CommentsEvents, ReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Lipreading Mom, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Shanna Groves, Video

By BitcoDavid Shanna Groves is looking for 10 people who want to be in a video about hearing loss bullying. Here’s what she posted on Lipreading Mom. Be one of 10 people to be chosen for the #StopHearingLossBullying Campaign Video. Send in all of the following by April 1, 2013, to be considered: 1) Three

Canibal Cop Case Closing (Sorry)

Mar 8, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsHumor, News#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Canibal Cop, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, New York Times, Orson Welles, The Other White Meat, War of the Worlds

By BitcoDavid This case is so weird, I just had to write about it. Apparently, Gilberto Valle – a NYC cop – likes thinking about, writing about, talking about and even Web-surfing about eating Women – and not in that way, either. However, his attorney maintains that the closest he’s come to actually eating a woman, was

From H.E.A.R.D., a Tool for Tracking FCC Proceedings

Mar 8, 2013deafinprisonorgNews, Petitions#JusticeForFelix, Americans with Disabilities Act, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Federal Communications Commission, H.E.A.R.D., MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Talila Lewis, TTY Phones

By BitcoDavid Penal systems in all 50 states, as well as the Federal, tend to shuffle inmates around. Bed space, behavior, medical status, drug use, gang affiliation and race are only some of the factors that may go into these decisions. Nevertheless, it is not at all uncommon for inmates to be – suddenly, and