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A Disturbing Trend: Deaf Youth and the School to Prison Pipeline

Oct 9, 2012deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, Civil and political rights, Deaf education, Deaf History, Deaf in Prison, JeanFAndrews, Juvenile delinquency, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, School to Prison Pipeline, School to Prison Pipeline Deaf youths

“The School to Prison Pipeline” is a disturbing trend found in Deaf Education today. A metaphor coined by the Harvard Civil Rights Project, the “School to Prison Pipeline,” refers to two parallel concepts. For one, youths are being removed from school environments and are sent off campus to alternative schools or incarcerated in juvenile corrections

Not Providing Interpreters for Deaf Persons Can Result in Tragedy as Loss of Life as Well as Be Costly for Jail Systems

Sep 18, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogs, UncategorizedAmericans with Disabilities Act, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Denver Post, Interpreter, JeanFAndrews, Justice system, postaday, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Suicide

Shawn Francisco Vigil, died in prison. He was not provided an interpreter during the medical/psychological intake process, was placed in isolation and committed suicide. Below, the link to the Denver Post‘s coverage: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21565502/denver-settles-city-deaf-man-who-died-jail Jail officials had housed Vigil in a special unit away from the general population and failed to do any “meaningful analysis of