Never eat the candy on your pillow: Prison noise as a deaf person

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Prison noise as a deaf person

Dear Reader, It might not come as a surprise to you that many incarcerated people—myself included—describe prison as a nightmare come to life.  Mitch has a different take on it. “Prison is like being deaf,” he told me. Mitch is hearing-impaired and incarcerated here at the Northpoint Training Center in Kentucky. Mitch was born partially deaf, and his hearing worsened as he got older  “That is what prison is like for me,” Mitch said. “I can remem…