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...
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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...
Update: Shawn Ali Bahrami
Yesterday I received a letter from our friend and featured writer Shawn Ali Bahrami. Notice the note at bottom left: Read the great news for yourself: Join us in wishing Shawn a successful journey back to his family and his community. We know he's going to do great...
Wife of Inmate Strip-Searched, Nothing Found, Still Denied Visit
Sonya Staples was attempting to visit her husband at Deep Meadow Correctional Center in State Farm, VA - something she had done many times before. This is what happened to her. Sonya's husband was put in solitary after the incident, and moved back into general...
Website Launch With Help From Inmates – Press Release
Cards, Letters and Jail Shenanigans
Regardless of the typical squabbles between siblings, my brother has always been someone I've looked up to — it's even fair to say I have idolized him. (Except for the times I want to smash his face in, like all siblings do from time to time). Growing up, he was both...
A Small Sampling of Rick’s Music
My brother is a fine artist, gifted in many ways which are all being wasted while locked into a broken system we could not save him from. His time could (and should) be used to benefit those around him - but instead, he is assigned janitorial duties. It's sad to think...