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ASL: How to Respond to an Opioid Overdose (English CC)

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How to respond to an opioid overdose using the various types of Naloxone. Presented in ASL with English captions.

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ASL: Harm Reduction Introduction (English CC)

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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.

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ASL Harm Reduction Introduction

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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.

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Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual, 12th Edition

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JLM is a practical legal resource written to provide incarcerated people with information about their rights while in prison.

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Unspeakable: the Story of Junius Wilson

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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.

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Why Many Deaf Prisoners Can’t Call Home

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

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In the Fight to Close Rikers, Don’t Forget Deaf and Disabled People

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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.

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The Complete Felix Garcia Interview

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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