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...
Melissa Bee
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...
Mutual Gifts
We are so pleased to partner with Ashley Asti. Ashley creates organic custom skin and body oils to honor the skin and soul, with a commitment to ethical creation, sustainability and wellness. She is also one of our adopters. Each month, Ashley Asti donates a...
Winter 2017 Quarterly E-Newsletter
This publication was created for you – family members, friends, and advocates of prisoners. In each issue you will find useful resources for and from inmates; artwork, stories, recommendations from both adopters and adoptees; and news from the staff. Don’t forget...
We Love Our Volunteers!
This month at AI we’re coordinating with many of our angel volunteers to get holiday greetings out to prisoners all around the country. Thanks to everyone who is helping in this effort, including Jen at Inmates Matter Too (and her volunteers), and many of our...
Urgent: December Fundraiser Update
Thanks to our supporters on both sides of the wall, we are less than $600 away from our goal of $3,000 for our website fundraiser! From the letter above, which included a donation of six stamped envelopes from an Arizona prisoner: “You have taken on an enormous task,...