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| Inmates complete sign language interpretation course |
| By washingtontimes.com- Ben Wallace |
| Published: 03/02/2015 |
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ST. GABRIEL, La. (AP) - A small group of prisoners has celebrated completion of a unique sign language program by “singing” spiritual songs using only smooth, sweeping hand signals and accentuated lip syncing to music played through speakers during a graduation ceremony at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. The tunes brought a lively atmosphere to the ceremony last month inside Hunt’s visitation center, especially when a group of inmates began belting out the lyrics to “Lean on Me” for three of their fellow program graduates who were forced to sign the song without the benefit of music after it unexpectedly failed to play over speakers. The ceremony marked the third such graduation since 2009, when the state-sponsored program officially began after an earlier attempt was stunted by the arrival of Hurricane Katrina. Eight program participants, all prisoners at Department of Public Safety and Corrections facilities, graduated after completing the three-year “sign language interpretation” program, which prison officials tout as the only one of its kind in the country. Read More. |
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