Appeared in Beaumont Enterprise, March 11, 2012, Sunday. Opinions. Deaf Suspects and Inmates: Barriers in the Criminal Justice System On February 29, 2012, a Beaumont Enterprise reporter wrote: “Trying to arrest an armed and apparently intoxicated man took an unusual turn Monday in Orange when police found out he was deaf.” What happened in Orange,
The letter in essence is saying, there have been no interpreters since he last wrote on 2/20 and he is still grieving that issue. The inmate said there are no deaf in any programs like the faith dorm, GED class, PRIDE Ind., etc. That he was attacked, and – defending himself – got a cut
Ed: This article was was written by Jean Andrews Ph.D and originally published in Corrections Compendium Magazine, Vol. 36 Issue 11, Spring 2011. It was scanned into PDF format, and is reproduced here exactly as I received it. If you have trouble making out the text, try clicking the page as a link. When the
There are deaf people in prison who shouldn’t be there, some who should, but for all deaf people, there are the additional problems in communication no matter how sophisticated and well educated they are. These may be the simplest things, like announcements over the intercom that the deaf inmate doesn’t hear – mail call, sick
[Ed. The following article was written by Dr. McCay Vernon, and appeared originally in the American Annals of the Deaf while Dr. Donald Moores was editor. The current editor is Peter V. Paul, Ph.D.The business and editorial offices for the publication are at Gallaudet University.] For any human being, imprisonment is a devastating experience (No
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
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
When Innocence Isn’t Enough – NYTimes.com. Deaf or hearing, many innocent people are still behind bars, often facing the Death penalty. For these individuals, the path to freedom may be a difficult, if not impossible one to tread.
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
How about a program like this for the Deaf? Video Link Here’s the link to the related text format article. Article Link
