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A Love Note to Adopt an Inmate
We received this yesterday from our friend Cassandra, a prisoner in Texas. Love is what you show each and every one of us ladies. I want to thank you so much for all that you do for us. You are my special angel. Thank you for coming into my life. May God bless you and...
Hard Work-Work: Legalized Prison Slave Labor
Today's blog post comes from Shawn Ali Bahrami, who is serving his 20th year in a Texas state prison (since he was 17 years old). Shawn has always proclaimed his innocence, and you can read his story here.) Shawn agreed to write a post for us about the harsh working...
Inmate Art
 From Donicio's letter to us: You're right, there are a lot of GOOD people in here with sad stories. I want to say thank you for taking the time to help me out. I would pass along your website to the outside, but have no contacts out there. I have drawn a welcome...
Texas Inmates and the Heat
We have been asking our adoptees in TDCJ (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) how they are holding up under the Texas heat with no air conditioning. (Fortunately, this has not been a record-setting year for summer heat in Texas.) Here are some of their replies:...
Adopt an Inmate on ‘Women Behind the Wall’ Podcast with Gloria Killian
I was thrilled to be Gloria Killian's guest on her podcast "Women Behind the Wall," Thursday, August 20th. Gloria is the Executive Director of ACWIP (Action Committee for Women in Prison), and spent almost 18 years in a California prison before being exonerated. See...
Forgive
How can I forgive you and not myself? I canât forgive myself, yet I can forgive everybody else. I forgive you for never being there. I forgive you for never acting like you cared, when you would leave for days on end. I was all alone with no friends. The drugs took...