Solitary Confinement Archives

Deaf in Jail – Mistreatment of the Deaf.

Jul 27, 2015deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEditorials, Supporter Contributions#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Americans with Disabilities Act, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Melissa Marzett, Solitary Confinement

By Supporter Contributor Melisa Marzett Deaf people belong to one of the most vulnerable layers of society for obvious reasons. They cannot hear. Deaf people in jail are even more insecure. Some might say that if a person is in jail, this person deserves it and deserves the mistreatment, despite any physical disabilities like Deafness.

Amy Elkins Parting Words Exhibit

Jun 13, 2015deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEditorials, Photo-essay#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Angola Three, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, Prison Art, Solitary Confinement

By Jean F. Andrews A Photography Exhibition by Amy Elkins at the Houston Center for Photography, May 8th to July 5, 2015 Amy Elkins, photographer examines capital punishment and solitary confinement through her powerful, haunting and evocative exhibition. For many years, Ms. Elkins had a personal relationship with many inmates on death row through letter

The Struggle of the Deaf in Prison

Mar 28, 2014deafinprisonorg10 CommentsEditorials, Felix Garcia Case, ReBlogs#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Americans with Disabilities Act, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Silent Grapevine, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid Deep beneath Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain – recently renamed Mt. BitcoDavid – lies the DeafInPrison.com complex. Here, thousands of worker bees – wearing black suits, dark sunglasses and coiled thingies in their ears – drive around in blacked-out Chevy Suburbans, and labor tirelessly to bring you the best in Internet content. Recently they received

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

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

An Interview With Prison Author Glenn Langohr

Aug 6, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsInterview (Print)#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Glenn Langohr, Prison, Solitary Confinement, Substance dependence, Twelve-step program

By Glenn Langohr As most of your readers already know, you’ve spent some time in prison but have now turned your life around. Can you tell us what happened to land you there and how your change/rehabilitation came about? Two good parents raised me, but they divorced when I was 12 years old. Being a

Excellent Interview Video on Solitary from WGBH

Jun 25, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsEmbeded Files, Video#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Mental health, Solitary Confinement, Torture, WGBH

By BitcoDavid The following video comes from Boston’s WGBH TV. The video presents a number of interesting facts regarding solitary confinement, including that it’s expensive, and poses a public safety threat. We know it’s torture, and we know that it destroys minds and crushes souls – but many argue that prisoners deserve no better. Well,

26 Minutes in the SHU

Jun 22, 2013deafinprisonorg12 CommentsVideo#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Moorbey'z Blog, Pelican Bay State Prison, SHU, Solitary Confinement

By BitcoDavid Much thanks and respect to Moorbey who originally posted this – well originally for us, anyway. It was actually posted on YouTube by KQED News. It was shot by the security camera in one of the exercise pens at Pelican Bay. I post it here with the following nugget of food for thought.

Saving Lives with Shakespeare

Apr 9, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsSupporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean Trounstine, Justice with Jean, Mental health, Middlesex Community College, Prison, Shakespeare, Solitary Confinement

By Jean Trounstine Can you imagine teaching Shakespeare to men in solitary confinement? And by that I mean men who are actually locked in 23 out of 24 hours a day behind metal doors with only a slit to see through into the hallway? And along with that, try picturing a woman who sits in

H.P. Lovecraft Couldn’t Make This Up

Mar 26, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentInmate Letters#JusticeForFelix, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Inmates, DeafInPrison.com, H. P. Lovecraft, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Pat Bliss, Rat, Solitary Confinement, U.S. Prisons

By Pat Bliss this is an excerpt from a 26 page letter that I received from a Deaf inmate. It was his story about going to medical, that I last posted. He is in solitary confinement now, for trying to help another inmate. Rather than going into all the details of that, I felt I