[blindlaw] possible discrimination...What should i do?

[Mark BurningHawk]

I could take a screw out of a talking took machine and make a very effective 
stiletto out of it; good for close range work, and that's not to mention any 
sliver of plastic, using a wire to strangle someone, oh there's LOADS of 
stuff I could do with either cassettes or machine itself, and I haven't even 
mentioned the electrical possibilities!  Furthermore, I believe I could do 
it in such a way that a cursory search of the items wouldn't turn up 
anything amiss until after the thing was done.  But, then, I was trained for 
this and for scenarios like this, so maybe I"m just more imaginative than 
most.  I also seem to recall that those NLSP tape machines came with, or 
could be fitted with, a foot-pedal type thing for playing and rewinding and 
so forth; less potential there...  I'll stop now; Elizabeth, I apologize if 
I've caused you distress with this talk.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "albert griffith" <albertpgriffith at hotmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] possible discrimination...What should i do?


> This is crazy.  All they have to do is check the device from time to time.
> It's just new to them and they don't know how to adapt their currently
> policies.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:28 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] possible discrimination...What should i do?
>
> I can see the bit about having a talking book machine or tapes in the 
> cell,
> or even a Braille writer in the cell, because of moving parts which could 
> be
> sharpened; any number of weapons exist there.  However, if typewriters are
> accessed by other inmates under supervision, as I imagine is the case, 
> then
> a Braille writer would, it seems, be permissible, or even just a regular
> typewriter, for writing to you at least.  A possible suggestion for the
> talking book machine might be to rig up some sort of Bluetooth headset
> system whereby your husband listens to the books over a wireless headset,
> and taps on a window or something to have the guard flip the tape over,
> rewind, fast forward, etc.; in other words, either not letting him have
> access to the machine and/or its parts and an accommodation being that a
> prison official must do that part for him, or rig up a way in which he can
> only remotely control the unit; physical tape turnover and switching would
> still have to be done by a guard.  Is your husband just now getting all
> these services, like talking books and so on, or has he been tied in the
> usual run of services that blind people usually get?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <ec_singer4 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 5:16 AM
> Subject: [blindlaw] possible discrimination...What should i do?
>
>
>> To all receiving this email:
>>
>> My husband, who is totally blind, is currently incarcerated in a prison 
>> in
>> Southern Illinois.  I justrecentlygot him set up with talkingbooks and a
>> machine, which was promptly sent to him after receipt of the application.
>> After the books and machine arrived, there was a run around going on 
>> about
>> who had responsibility for the material and machine.  Now, I just got a
>> call
>> from my husband this evening telling me that he is not allowed to have 
>> the
>> tapes or machine, since they have screws and he could take them apart and
>> hide things in them.  For the same reason, they will not allow him to 
>> have
>
>> a
>> braille writer so that he can write to me when others are allowed
>> typewriters an access to reading material from the library.  It seems to
>> me
>> he isn't given the same rights as everyone there. Is there anything i can
>> do
>> about this?
>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>>
>> Elizabeth Cooks
>>
>>
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