Basic Legal Issues in Handling Cases of Defendants who are Deaf

Basic Legal Issues in Handling Cases of Defendants who are Deaf   McCay Vernon, Ph.D. & Jean Andrews, Ph.D. Submitted to the Champion, October 2010 Contact Author: McCay Vernon McCay Vernon, Ph. D. is a forensic psychologist and professor emeritus of McDaniel College, Westminster, MD 21157 Jean Andrews is a reading specialist and professor of

Official Launch and Some Navigation Notes

Welcome at last, to Deafinprison.com. Today, March 4th 2012, marks our official launch date. Although we’ve been on the Web for a couple of months now, we’re finally out of the construction phase and ready to reveal ourselves to the world. Dostoyevsky said, “The degree of civilization in a society is revealed by entering its

The Case of ***** ***** (Name Withheld)

This is the actual handwritten letter My name is ***** ***** ***** [he wrote last, first and middle above his name]. I was saveral hear sound low  broke hear become some fit hearing aid I was not all skill b.heat- hearing some half all. I was make behalf. I was settement to prison some other

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Supporting Deaf Individuals with Mental Health Challenges

Mental health issues in the deaf community present unique problems and opportunities. The problems are obvious. As a minority within a minority, deaf individuals who struggle with mental illness are more likely to be overlooked in schools and sidelined in the work-world than their hearing counterparts. When noticed, they are often incorrectly diagnosed. It’s difficult

Welcome to the pre-launch of DeafInPrison.com

The goal here is to create a Blog site and community whose purpose is to raise awareness of the plight of deaf individuals who are serving time in America’s prisons.   In each of the 50 states, there is no harder time than that served by deaf inmates. These people are seldom supplied with basic