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...
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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,...
Neither Snow Nor Rain …
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="7"] Everyone at AI headquarters and all our volunteers are pulling together to help get some of the backlog of mail cleared out by the end of the year. The office cats, Scout (top) and Boo (bottom) are always doing their part. Check out the...
Happy Thanksgiving
Leah and I are using the holiday to put in a solid four days of work to clear out some of the back log of mail. About 11:00, we had a surprise visitor bearing a holiday meal for each of us (provided by the local Elks Lodge: AND, a personal donation of $500 to go...
Oregon Voters: Congressman Peter DeFazio on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
In response to a letter we sent to Congressman DeFazio in Oregon, we received the following: Dear Ms. Brown: Thank you for contacting me about mandatory minimum sentencing. We are in complete agreement on this issue. You will be pleased to know that I have...
Update: Website Fundraiser – 7 days left
Inmate Fundraiser Update: We have seven days to make a payment of $750.00 to our dream web-design team. Prisoners, whose average earnings are $35 a month, have donated $350 in a single week. After we unexpectedly lost funding for our new website, inmates rallied to...
Adopt an Inmate Needs Your Help
There’s good news and bad news … Many of you are aware of our website re-design which is underway. We were lucky enough to find a talented design team that is both excited about the project, and supportive of our cause – so much so that they have adopted an inmate. On...
Fall 2016 Quarterly E-Newsletter
Click on the image to open the PDF. Enter your email in the sidebar to the right and receive each new issue in your email. This publication was created for you – family members, friends, and advocates of prisoners. In each issue you will find useful resources for and...
Newsday: About Prison Reform
Spotted in today's Newsday: my letter to the editor about prison reform. While some of my words were eclipsed or altered, I'm grateful for being given the space to share the importance of treating all people as human beings and worthy of respect, support, and...
NEWS: FCC Approves Modified Phone Rate Caps to Bring Financial Relief for Prisoners’ Families
PRESS RELEASE Human Rights Defense Center For Immediate Release August 4, 2016 FCC Approves Modified Phone Rate Caps to Bring Financial Relief for Prisoners’ Families Washington, D.C. – Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted modified rate caps for...