The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) recently invited HEARD to share our thoughts on the ASAN Blog. Check out a member of our Public Education Team sharing their experience as a deaf person in prison at the link below. For this post, we interviewed a graduate from HEARD’s Public Education Team (PET) to share his story. HEARD’s … Continued
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Español: Para obtener más información sobre las experiencias de las personas sordas/discapacitadas en prisiones y cárceles, HEARD envía una encuesta a personas sordas/discapacitadas que se encuentran en prisión o en la cárcel. Si conoce a personas sordas/discapacitadas que están en prisión, comparta con ellas copias de esta encuesta. La encuesta contiene muchas preguntas. Si alguien … Continued
To learn more about deaf/disabled people’s experiences in prisons and jails, HEARD sends out a survey to deaf/disabled people in prison or jail. If you know of deaf/disabled people in prison, please share copies of this survey with them. There are many questions on the survey. If someone doesn’t know the answer to a question … Continued
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.
Junius Wilson (1908-2001) spent seventy-six years at a state mental hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, including six in the criminal ward. He had never been declared insane by a medical professional or found guilty of any criminal charge. But he was deaf and Black in the Jim Crow South.
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.
Calling home from prison is cumbersome and expensive. For deaf people behind bars, it’s even tougher, sometimes impossible.
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.
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