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We’re Back Online!

Feb 2, 2016deafinprisonorgAdministrative Information, Uncategorized#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, ImageWorksLLC, WordpressHelp

By BitcoDavid During the past week, DeafInPrison.com experienced a technical problem with our Domain name and our DNS Name Server. It resulted in a period when many of you could not locate us in search engines, and culminated in 2 full days where the site wasn’t visible to anybody. You have my sincerest apologies, and

2015 in Review

Dec 31, 2015deafinprisonorg7 CommentsAwards and Accolades#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, Joanne Greenberg, Pat Bliss

By BitcoDavid Happy New Year to all our readers, supporters, friends, Supporter Contributors and authors from BitcoDavid. 2015 was a great year for DeafInPrison.com, and I sincerely hope that 2016 will be even better. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times

Merry Christmas to Felix’s Supporters

Dec 24, 2015deafinprisonorg8 CommentsFelix Garcia Case#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Christmas, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, Pat Bliss

By Pat Bliss Hello to Felix’s Supporters… Christmas day is creeping up fast and my annual trek to spend Christmas with Felix will be soon. I am going to write a post in January and will highlight the events of 2015. I just wanted to let you all know, even though communication has been sparse

Book Review by Jean Andrews

Nov 25, 2015deafinprisonorgBook Reviews#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Backspace by Steve Baldwin, Book Review, Deaf History, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews

By Jean F. Andrews Backspace by Steve C. Baldwin, published by Savory Words Publishing (2015) Set in southeast Texas, Dr. Steve Baldwin crafted a briskly paced murder mystery filled with family violence, addiction, bullying, blackmail, deceit and greed, murder, and incest. In the early 1950’s, stuck in an unsympathetic hearing world filled with ignorance, misinformation,

A Show of Hands—An Evening with the National Theater of the Deaf

Nov 20, 2015deafinprisonorgASL, Deaf and the Internet, Embeded Files#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, American Theater of the Deaf, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews

By Jean F. Andrews On Friday, November 13, 2015, at the University of Houston’s Jose Quintero Theater on campus, the National Theater of the Deaf entertained a mixed audience of hearing and Deaf members. They presented a show called “A Show of Hands.” Behind a bright green vertically slotted curtain, you could only see the

Prevalence of False Confessions in the US

Nov 19, 2015deafinprisonorgSupporter Contributions#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Carli Leavitt, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Exoneration, False Confessions

By Supporter Contributor Carli Leavitt In 2010, Stephen Brodie, who is deaf, was exonerated after serving 20 years in prison for child sex abuse. The 5-year-old victim explained that her attacker had a “strange voice” which eventually lead police to Brodie. He was interrogated for over 18 hours, oftentimes without a sign language interpreter present.

ASL Immersion Learning at Northeastern

Nov 15, 2015deafinprisonorg3 CommentsASL, Editorials, Events#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Northeastern University

By BitcoDavid My Sign tutor recommended I watch the following video. It offers a unique insight into Deaf culture and the problems associated with intercommunication between our two languages, English and ASL. I had hoped to embed the video, but the original publisher blocked embedding on their YouTube page. Below please find the link to

An ABC Story

Oct 23, 2015deafinprisonorg5 CommentsASL, Humor, Video#JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ABC Stories in ASL, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Embedded Media

By BitcoDavid There are two essential reasons why it is harder to learn ASL as a second language, than spoken languages. First, Sign is a conceptual language rather than a symbolic one. The word table, in English, doesn’t mean a thing with four legs that sits in your kitchen. That would be your dog or

First Digest Post in a While

Oct 3, 2015deafinprisonorgDigest Posts#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Felix Garcia Case, Jean F. Andrews, Pat Bliss

By BitcoDavid We haven’t had a digest post in quite a while, but when enough news happens in a short period of time, it becomes necessary to cover it in a single post. First off, this past Thursday, October 1st was Felix Garcia‘s birthday. Pat Bliss sent me the following: October 1st is Felix’s birthday.

A Quick Update

Sep 17, 2015deafinprisonorgEvents, News#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf Culture, Deaf education, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews

By Jean F. Andrews Recently, I covered the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf, in Greece. Here’s an update on that story. In the Maryland Bulletin (Spring, 2015, p. 12), James E. Tucker, Superintent of the Maryland School for the deaf in Frederick, Maryland wrote about the recent lack of sign language interpreters