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

[David Andrews]

This is going off topic -- she asked a legal question, not a practical one.

Dave

At 10:54 AM 5/21/2007, you wrote:
>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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