Sign Letter Supporting Access to Telecomm for Deaf Prisoners & Families Friends and Allies: We are in urgent need of your support and action! HEARD’s Deaf Prisoner Phone Justice Campaign needs a strong push from the Community to get us…
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To learn more about the History of 3 Bridges
Signing Ceremony – Jim Scoggins (L), poses with Lloyd Bridges, as Representative John Boyle, Senator Jack Hightower, Bobbie Beth Bridges, and Martha Pruitt watch Governor Preston Smith sign into being, House Bill 1293 creating a State Commission for the Deaf…
Solitary Watch Reports on Abuse of Deaf & Disabled Prisoners
Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement May 21, 2013 By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella In the a Florida prison called the Reception and Medical Center, a corrections officer appears at a cell door and begins mocking…
20,000 TTY to 911 Calls Each Year: EAAC Meets Again
20,000 TTY to 911 Calls Each Year: Emergency Access Advisory Committee Meets Again June 21, 2013 Progress of the Bill Emergency Information and Services March 31, 2013. The FCC’s Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC) (PDF) will meet again on Friday…
Re-Designed ADA website, ADA.gov Goes Live!
Redesigned ADA website, ADA. Gov Goes Live! In the first re-design of the ADA website since 2002, the Department of Justice today launched a redesigned ADA website ADA.gov. The new design incorporates improved navigation and usability features making it easier…
REMINDER: DARS Inquiries TTY Line to be Shut Down 5/1/13
REMINDER: DARS Inquiries TTY Line to be Shut Down Today Dear Stakeholders, As a reminder, this is a final notification that the DARS TTY line will be turned off at the close of business today, May 1, 2013. Text telephone,…