Nevada-CURE Documents Prisoner Abuses
http://sfbayview.com/2009/nevada-prison-board-hearing-part-2-shocking-public-comments/ NV-CURE for the past year has been gathering information on abuses within the Nevada prison system. These abuses include, but are not limited to, physical beating of prisoners in restraints by staff, denial of adequate medical care, retaliation for use of the grievance and judicial process, housing assignments made without regard to prison realities,
Deaf – Blind Inmates: Are They Being Served Appropriately in Jail?
By Jean F. Andrews According to a recent newsletter by HEARD, as of March 31, 2013, there are 407 deaf and deaf-blind prisoners in 38 states, Washington, D.C. and in the Federal Bureau of Prisoners. Within these numbers, we do not know exactly how many are deaf-blind or deaf and visually-impaired inmates there are in
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