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Weekly Reading 10

Weekly Reading 10

Q Name______________________________ Date______________ Reading #___ Article Title:______________________________________________________________ After reading the article, use the prompts below to comment on how the article connects to the following: A. Your Deaf Sociology class and/or the Deaf Community: B. Another course you’ve taken here at LaGuardia: C. Your own experience (past or present): D. Your Future Job with the Deaf Community

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The article shows the true face of the criminal justice system which the Deaf Community has to experience. The article describes: • Characteristics of prison inmates who are deaf: “These individuals have a huge disadvantage within the criminal justice system, primarily in courts, in interactions with the police, and in correctional facilities.” “Those who are Deaf and well educated rarely go to prison.” • From arrest to jail, to trial, to prison, and parole or probation: “In trial preparation, the courts rarely agree to pay a sign language interpreter to enable a defendant who is Deaf to communicate with his or her lawyer.”