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The Years Best PostsHow Would You Handle This?

Posted on March 18, 2012 byjoannegreenberg

Deaf people are often perceived as threateningby the hearing. In this story, a young Deaf man,seeking to understand how to work the changemachine in a laundromat, finds himself on the wrong end of an assaultcharge.

Our First Ever Audio File

Posted on March 27, 2012 by bitcodavid

This is an edit of an interview I did with a deaf woman who was arresteda few years ago in Arizona. The interview was conducted via the Video

Interpreting Service.

Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011 -Statistical Tables.

Posted on April 28, 2012 by bitcodavid

We published this PDF in link format,before we gained the ability to embedPDFs. it is a report from the DOJ, listingnumbers of Prisoners held in both theFederal and State systems.

It filters them by ethnicity, nature of incarceration and type of crime.

County Jails Vs. Prison from aParalegal Perspective

Posted on May 29, 2012 byptbliss

Pat Bliss provided us with thisexceptional view of life behindbars. Ms. Bliss, who has spentmany long hours inside, gives usthe guided tour.
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Felix in His Own Words Part I

Posted on June 30, 2012 by bitcodavid

No retrospective of DeafInPrison.comwould be complete without talking

about our work with Felix Garcia. Wepublished an 8 part interview of Felix byJames Ridgeway ofSolitary Watch, andour own Pat Bliss. We have also postednumerous articles about Felix and hiscase. Ms. Bliss is working on aserialized version of the case which weare presenting as a series of embeddedPDFs, and we have a petition sitededicated to securing a pardon for thisinnocent Deaf man.

You can find all 8 segments ofthe video interview by scrollingdown our right hand sidebar.Click on this picture or look for

the number of links on ourscroll page, to sign the petition.

Inmate Letter Dated July 1st 2012

Posted on July 13, 2012 by ptbliss

Ms. Bliss posted one of many letters received from Deaf inmates inFlorida prisons. This letter is different form others that we publish, in that

this inmate is still struggling with his deafness, like trying to use a TTYphone and communicating with the hearing.

AnotherBoomerBlogs Quiz forHearies

Reblogged on August 31, 2012 bybitcodavid from Marsha Grahams

AnotherBoomerBlog

This humorous quiz is anopportunity for non-Deaf to learnwhich of our habits are mostannoying to the Deaf. Its alighthearted and gentle chidingwhich more of us need, than weknow.
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Demand Justice for Lashonn White

Posted on August 8, 2012 by bitcodavid

Lashonn White called the police to protecther from a home invasion. When thecruisers arrived at her location, Ms. White -

a Deaf woman - ran out to greet them,thinking they were her salvation. Unable tohear the officers commands to stop, Ms.White continued running toward them.

Naturally, the officers - unaware of who she was - shot her with a stun gunand locked her up. It took them 60 hours to sort the whole thing out. TimeLashonn spent, in county jail. We postedA follow up story that wasoriginally published in PrisonMovements Weblog.

Deaf Awareness Week Day 2: Deaf Art Exibit From Jean F.Andrews

Posted on September 25, 2012 byjeanfandrews

Heres our first ever embedded file. Since that time, weve beenembedding files like a Colorado wildfire. This is a powerpoint slide showof artworks done by Deaf artists in Texas. The exhibit was presented in

Spring 2008 at Lamar University and Texas School for the Deaf.
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Overcrowded Prisons a Photo Essay from Mail Online

Posted on October 28, 2012 by bitcodavid

This wonderful photo essay was originally published in the British Daily MailThe beautifully formatted PowerPoint embed has numerous pictures of

California inmates struggling with the overcrowding, that has forced the U.S

Supreme Court to rule that California must actually begin releasing someprisoners. The state - we are told - has endeavored to comply .

A Review of Glenn Langohrs Underdog

Posted on November 28, 2012 by bitcodavid

Our contributorGlenn Langohrspent over 10 yearsin many of Californias roughest prisons. He wasinvolved in several prison riots , and ended up

spending large amounts of time in solitaryconfinement. He has written numerous books onhis time behind bars, and has been graciousenough to send me 2 of them, which I have read,and reviewed in DeafInPrison.com. Underdogisone such book, and I thoroughly enjoyed the read.

This month, I did another review, this one of his book Prison Riot. I was veryfortunate, this time however. Glenn agreed to do an interview as well. In itwe go in depth, into the politics and policies of Californias prison system.Both posts are great reads, but the interview is a must see.

I am Adam LanzasMother

Posted on December 18,2012 by bitcodavid

As America was still reelingfrom the agony of Sandy

Hook, and the country wasdebating both guns and

mental health, wereblogged this brilliant story

of a mother struggling tocope with a mentally ill child.

Your Money or Your Life

Posted on January 24,2013 byjoannegreenberg

Our publisher frames the

argument for housing theDeaf together in separatefacilities, enabling them to

help each other. Shepoints out that doing sowould result in the long

term drop in costs, therebynegating the expense.
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Happy Birthday CCA!Youre the NewParchman Farm!

Posted on February 6,2013 by bitcodavid

As CCA - the Blackwaterof the Penal system - celebrated its 30th birthday, Itake an historical look at prison privatization gone awry.

The Horror of Being Deaf and in Prison

Posted on March 5, 2012 by McCayVernon

One of the first articles we ever published was written by Dr. McCay Vernon

and appeared originally in theAmerican Annals of the Deaf. The businessand editorial offices for the publication are at Gallaudet University.

It didnt take us long to find avideo related to this post, andafter having the ASL interpretedin English for ourHeariereaders, we posted that as well.It was our first video embed.

I hope you enjoyed our littleretrospective, as much as Ienjoyed creating it for you. A lotof memories

I have tried to present posts that you may not remember seeing, and at thesame time, make sure all our contributors and guest bloggers were

represented. A blog post - any blog post - tends to live for a moment, thendie off as the news cycle changes. But everything weve written lives on.Our unique scroll page design allows you to continuously scroll down

through the past weeks and months. Furthermore, each post is stored in thearchives section on our left sidebar. Click on any month, and youll get anactive synopsis of all the posts for that month. A lot of really great writing

and moving artwork is stored on these pages.
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