Give us some Tax Deductible love! Everything we do comes out of our own pockets, and we could use a little help! We're working hard to respond to a huge backlog of requests from inmates seeking mentorship. Our angel volunteers are lined up to help - but to make this...
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Florida DOC announces Jpay services beginning Spring 2018
Link The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is in the process of implementing a new service for our inmate population. Through JPay Inc., a Florida–based company, the Department will make available a variety of multimedia services to inmates through both an...
Letters From Prison: I am no longer intimidated
Support for people who have been convicted of a crime is not a popular cause - but only because we're not looking at it from the proper perspective. Support does not mean providing cable tv, video games, and haute cuisine - it means humane treatment and care,...
Announcement: Hiatus From New Requests
IMPORTANT NOTICE We receive over 1,000 pieces of mail each month, and are currently overwhelmed with requests from inmates and their families. Everything we do is accomplished only with the help of volunteers, small donations, and money from our own pockets. As of...
BOP Implements New Correspondence Restrictions
Received via Corrlinks (the email system for BOP [Federal] inmates) today from our friend Mickey: Gosh, It's so great to be out of the Hole after 35 days! It feels super weird to me after being locked in a 12' x 8' cell for over a month with the window...
Houston Chronicle Quotes AI About Heat in Texas Prisons
Help is on the way for vulnerable Texas prison inmates suffering through summer heat By Gabrielle Banks Updated 7:00 pm, Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Relief may be in sight for hundreds of heat-sensitive inmates at the Pack Unit northwest of Houston. State officials on...
Missing Emails
We recently discovered an issue with our email that was preventing delivery of some messages. If you have attempted to contact us in the past six weeks or so, and have not gotten a reply, please let us know as we have no way of knowing what has been missed. Please...
New Mail Rules for Virginia DOC
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Trailer: Letters From Prison
Some of you may have already seen this in our Spring 2017 Quarterly E-Newsletter - but it deserves it's own post, and we want to be sure no one misses it. We are honored and excited to share the beginnings of a joint project between AI and a young acting class. Using...
AI Spring 2017 Quarterly E-Newsletter
So much news this quarter! After some technical snags we are back on schedule with the newsletter. You won't want to miss this expanded issue, with a recent podcast from Ashley Asti in conversation with Melissa, news and pictures from our recent volunteer work weekend...