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Being Deaf in Prison

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Rebecca

Rebecca writes from Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre, in QLD.

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Dear 'About Time',

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Thank you to all who created ‘About Time’ and for making it work. I am a deaf prisoner who is quite isolated within isolation. I miss out on small talks such as what other prisoners are really feeling to bigger things such as how to make a complaint against case notes. Deaf Services has been trying to fight to bring tablets in for deaf prisoners in Queensland and it’s good to see that the government is slowly introducing tablets into some prisons and that tablets may be possible for deaf prisoners in the future. The newspaper is like a light at the end of a tunnel. Thank you.

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Rebecca

This
letter
was originally printed in the
December 2024
edition of About Time.
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