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By Jean Casella | February 17, 2021

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Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement

May 21, 2013October 17, 2015 James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
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In the a Florida prison called the Reception and Medical Center, a corrections officer appears at a cell door and begins mocking fake sign language to the man inside, who is deaf. Then he pulls Sam Hart out of the cell and escorts him for a haircut. After half his hair is shaved off one side of his head, the […]