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No Way to Call Home: Incarcerated Deaf People Are Locked in a Prison Inside a Prison
No Way to Call Home: Incarcerated Deaf People Are Locked in a Prison Inside a Prison
This story is the result of a nine-month investigation and part one of a multimedia series on deaf prisoners, as part of a reporting collaboration with the Making Contact radio program. Use ASL? Click here to see a video interpretation of this story in American Sign Language. Silent Voices is truly silent.
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This should be implemented in prisons EVERYWHERE. I understand concern that prisoners should be paid better for their work as interpreters, but that's true of ANY prison work. And it does give an unusual and valuable skill that prisoners can use on release.