Resources

Webinar in ASL about the prison system and imprisoned deaf community during the time of COVID-19.

Please think twice before you celebrate deaf driver cards, deaf police registries and other easy “solutions” proposed by police to end police violence. A lot more will have to be done to change the culture of policing than a simple card. Also, these cards have led to police violence in the past when DDBDDHH people have reached for the card.

Videos from an 8-part interview with Felix, a wrongfully convicted (innocent) deafdisabled Latino man who has been incarcerated for more than 40 years. Learn more through the hashtag #FreeFelixGarcia

To end mass incarceration, we must first begin to be honest about the real and deadly consequences of racism, classism and ableism. Closing Rikers is a step in the right direction, but in addition, the stories of deaf and disabled people must be amplified, and New York must take steps now to save them.

Calling home from prison is cumbersome and expensive. For deaf people behind bars, it’s even tougher, sometimes impossible.

HEARD created the #DeafInPrison Campaign to raise awareness about abuse of & discrimination against deaf prisoners.The Campaign aims to start a national conversation about these concerns and to compel corrective and preventive action.

In solidarity with thousands of imprisoned people in more than 15 states who are striking to bring attention to & end horrible prison conditions and prison labor exploitation, HEARD, LRID and over twenty organizations released a statement responding to decades of neglect of the needs of Deaf/Disabled imprisoned people. Our hope is to end nearly a decade of illegal and inhumane exploitation of imprisoned people by the Louisiana Department of Corrections.

Did you know that Harm Reduction is also a movement founded on respecting the rights and needs of people who use drugs? Harm Reduction accepts drug use as a part of life and offers support, safe and healthy practices.

ASL information explains the common causes of wrongful convictions on deaf disabled people.

The Atlanta Police Department wants to cut down 300 acres of forest to build a $90 million dollar police compound. Learn more about the movement to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta. Cop city will never be built! HEARD did not create the original resource, but translated it in ASL because … Continued