Deaf Incarcerated Individual Challenges Illinois Prisons’ Systemic Exclusion from Expansive Telephone Access Program

“I have six kids, four grandkids, and one of my sons is in the military. I cherish and love my family so much,” said Mr. Valenzuela. “I just want to tell them happy birthday and I am so grieved when I can’t call because I don’t want them to think I forgot.”