From the Inside Archives - Adopt an Inmate

“All Day” is Going Home!

Sunday, April 11, 2021 I just wanted to share some great news about one of the bills (SB 5164) that our state's (Washington)...

Saturday, April 10, 2021 Today marks my one-year countdown to freedom! After 19 years, the world I left will be profoundly...

BY: Jeremy in Louisiana Have you ever spoke with someone, heard their voice, and immediately knew that they were a part of you?...

by Inmate Contributor | Mar 24, 2021 | From the Inside | 0 Comments

This morning (3-24-21) at Twins Rivers Unit in Washington state, an incarcerated individual approached C.U.S Collins with a...

by Eric Burnham | Mar 12, 2021 | From the Inside | 0 Comments

We live in extremely hard times. The last year was certainly one of the more daunting of my life. The theme of 2020 was "If it...

by Jacob Schmitt | Mar 11, 2021 | From the Inside | 0 Comments

Note from Melissa Schmitt, She-EO of Adopt an Inmate: My husband Jacob (he tells the story below the player) is what they call a...

by Melissa Schmitt | Mar 10, 2021 | From the Inside | 0 Comments

We've heard a few stories about how prisons use Covid as an excuse to enhance punishment of their charges. We received this...

February 9, 2021 Today is special. It's my late brother Nambi's birthday. Nambi struggled with drug addiction since he was about...

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude . . . except as punishment for a crime . . . shall exist. --13th Amendment (1865),...

I recently read this July 2020 article written by David Waldstein about whether racial slur words should be officially banned...