#JusticeForFelix Archives - Page 15 of 42

Kids in Adult Jails: Almost Half States Stopping Practice

Oct 16, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEmbeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Campaign for Youth Justice, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile Offenders in Adult Jails, Prison suicide, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid The Campaign for Youth Justice just released a report that states that a number of legislative bodies in America have revisited the concept of warehousing teen offenders in adult facilities. America detains 70,000 youths per day — WaPo. There are now numerous bodies of evidence that this practice not only keeps the offenders

Haven’t Had a Digest Post in a While, Now

Oct 13, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsUncategorized#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Angola Three, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Digest Posts, LynneStewart, Pam Bondi

By BitcoDavid Former Parchman Farm warden passes at 67 Donald Cabana was the warden of what many consider to be the harshest prison in the United States. He was also a staunch anti-death penalty advocate. He was known for saying, “There is a part of the warden that dies with his prisoner.” — NYT. In

Reading and Deaf Researchers

Oct 12, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsASL#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Education, Jean F. Andrews, Lamar University

By Jean F. Andrews Since I’ve been in higher education, I’ve seen an increase in numbers of graduate students who are deaf apply to deaf education programs. I have also seen the increase in the hiring of professors who are deaf in different institutions where I have worked. The topics of their research papers are

Massachusetts’ Saddest Day

Oct 11, 2013deafinprisonorgObits#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Colorado, David Carradine, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Linda Blair, Statue of Liberty

By BitcoDavid This has nothing to do with the Deaf, or with the Justice System. But nonetheless, it’s an obituary that I am truly saddened to post. On October 20th, the legendary Hilltop Steak House will close its doors. I courted my wife there – or should I say, she courted me, being the member

Marsha Graham Speaks Out on Juvenile Crime

Oct 9, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsSupporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Children Youth and Family, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile delinquency, Marsha Graham, Status offense

[Editor’s Note: Marsha Graham is one of my favorite Supporter Contributors, and a very dear friend. Without her help, I never would have gotten started learning ASL, and she’s been a cornerstone of aid and comfort to DeafInPrison.com, since we launched. This piece was originally a comment she wrote to the post Juvenile Crimes – Our

Juvenile Crimes – Our Main Pain!

Oct 7, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Addiction, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile delinquency, Paul Smith, Supporter Contributions, Youth

By Supporter Contributor Paul Smith It’s sad to admit but over the past years the problem of youth crime is becoming more and more urgent. Teachers, social organizations and specialists working in this field are very concerned about the tendency to degradation of the new generation of our society. Young people who have not come

When Death Comes as a Kindness

Oct 6, 2013deafinprisonorg8 CommentsNews, Obits#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Angola Three, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Herman Wallace, New York Times, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid Herman Wallace is best known as one of the Angola 3. Sites like Prisonmovement’s Weblog and Moorbey’z Blog have spent years trying to get him released from solitary confinement in Louisiana. Early on Friday, October 4th, Herman Wallace passed away, after a long battle with cancer. He was 71 years old. Wallace was a

I Flunk My Hearing Test

Oct 4, 2013deafinprisonorgHumor#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Age Related Hearing Loss, Audiology, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Hearing aid, Joanne Greenberg

By Joanne Greenberg I was sure that I would pass because I hear so much better than my husband, and while some people were difficult for me to hear unless I was facing them, most of them speak clearly enough for me to follow. I did the bit in the soundproof box and when the

The Role of Deaf Professors In Higher Education

Oct 3, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Communication Disorders, Deaf education, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Jean F. Andrews, Lamar University

By Jean F. Andrews As more and more deaf individuals earn degrees in higher education at the doctorate level, they are entering high education as professors and administrators. Oftentimes, they experience both physical and attitudinal barriers. Professors who are deaf provide role modeling for deaf undergraduate and graduate students. But working in an environment where

Conversation at the Supermarket

Oct 2, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Age Related Hearing Loss, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Hearing aid, Joanne Greenberg

By Joanne Greenberg I was standing near the onions trying to figure out which kind I wanted, when I spotted a neighbor who greeted me. During our chat, she mentioned that her husband had new hearing aids. “They cost a mint, but he never wears them. I’m exhausted by his saying. ‘What?’ all the time