Announcement from Jpay: Dear JPay Customer, As of today, April 7, 2020, you will only be able to purchase JPay Stamp packages for the state where your incarcerated loved one is located. If you communicate with incarcerated individuals located in multiple states, then...
Melissa Bee
Jpay Changes in Response to Visiting Suspensions
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and many state DOC's have restricted facility access to all non-essential personnel to reduce the chance of staff or incarcerated individuals contracting the virus. This unfortunately includes in-person visits from family and...
URGENT: Help Eleazar Cabrera Safely Return to his Family
In a bold move on May 22, 2019, Washington state Governor Jay Inslee expanded an earlier executive order imposing provisions on state agencies, which immigration advocates argued didn't go far enough. The added provisions make it illegal under state law to comply with...
My Husband Died in TDCJ
Cassandra tells her story below. Please share with anyone you know who has a loved one in TDCJ. ♥ Send some love Cassandra's way in the comments. ♥ GIVE YOURSELF THE CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. [My experience happened in the Texas state prison system.] ASK YOUR LOVED ONE...
FDC Prisoners Recount Stories of Hurricane Michael
We are beginning to hear from prisoners housed in Gulf Correctional Institution in the direct path of Hurricane Michael at the time it hit. They were not evacuated until days later. Below is a letter from one of them: The hurricane was pretty crazy, at first I didn't...
Roger Black’s Review of Your Next Chapter by Evelyn D. Watkins
I read this book through two times. I enjoyed it so well that I developed an eight-week curriculum from this book, and as the Vice President of the NAACP here at Madison Correctional Institution, am in the process of preparing a proposal to purchase enough copies of...
News from AI
Greetings from AI! If you're like us, 2018 is speeding by - how is it already fourth quarter? We haven't checked in with you in some time, and wanted to send a quick update about what's been going on behind the scenes, and what's coming up. News ♦ We recently...
Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System
The Texas Observer reports on a compelling exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) titled Walls Turned Sideways. "Named after an epigram by Angela Davis — 'Walls turned sideways are bridges' — the show includes the work of 42 artists and artist...
FDC Visitation Policy Changes
Please sign and share this petition Stop Taking Our Family Visitation Time Away For news updates about the issue, check here at The Forgotten Majority.
Hate Mail – “No Stamps”
See the post that launched this series here. We receive returned mail almost daily, refused due to various mail violations. Postage is one of our biggest expenses, so because postcards stamps are cheaper than regular first class stamps, we have an assortment of...