Fern Ridge Review December 16, 2015 A new non-profit taking on a life of its own Nice piece in the Fern Ridge Review, with possible follow-up article in the future. Click below for PDF with text. Minor corrections to article: Rick is Executive Director, Melissa is...
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It’s #GivingTuesday!
Adopt an Inmate wants to wish all of our followers, volunteers, and adopters a very happy and blessed holiday season. Our first volunteer day was very successful, and will be a regular event. We made new friends, we processed mail, we noshed, we listened to music, and...
Inmate Art: Parole Denied
This artwork was sent in from Timothy in Ohio, who maintains his innocence. I continue to fight my case on my own and will continue as long as it takes to be a free man again.
Letters From Angels: Anyone Can Write a Letter
Yesterday's blog post was a poem and drawing sent to us by Ron in Florida. I showed my 82-year old aunt Nancy the picture, because she loves to see the artwork that prisoners send in. Nancy has lost some of her ability to read and write, but makes a valiant effort...
Inmate Art: Locked In
This beautiful work is by Jason in Pennsylvania.
Inmate Art: Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween, from Andrew in Texas and Adopt an Inmate. Come back tomorrow to read "Late One Night," a story Andrew shared with us about something that really happened in his cell.
Inmate Art: “Universal Guardian”
This artwork was created by an inmate in Indiana who is in his cell 23 hours a day, using only a "flex pen" (the inner plastic ink tube of a disposable ink pen). This piece is "the beginning conception of a trilogy presently at work called "Lord of the Dragon and the...
Letters From Angels: I Had One Person
This is from our new friend of the blog, Frank, who has recently adopted an inmate. Watch for more from Frank in this series. I find myself with extra time on my hands these days due to my health and I try to think of ways to make a difference. I remember my time...
Letters From Angels: A Mother’s Tears
First in our new series, Letters From Angels, which is a companion to our Letters From Prison series. This was written by a mother whose son was wrongfully convicted. AJ, I picked myself a flower today, and said they were from you. Because if you were here with...
Postage Campaign – Please Donate and Share
We're needing some help with postage! Since our recent listing in the PARC (Prison Activist Resource Center) Directory, the mail has just exploded and we have well over 300 on our waiting list. We are getting prisoners adopted every day, but the backlog is...