This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking for something small that makes an enormous impact. A single letter, a volunteer, or one message of hope can change someone’s safety and sense of worth inside a prison. Your gift today keeps those lifelines alive and helps us reach the people too often left behind.
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Today is World Letter Writing Day, and in our world, it’s more than stationery and stamps. For people in prison, a letter is...
Happy Sunday Friends, This week looked a little different - no new blog posts, and with my upcoming travel (9/11–9/24), posts...
Today is National Nonprofit Day, a chance to celebrate the work of organizations around the country that serve, connect, and...
Happy Sunday Friends, This week we’ve been shining a spotlight on prison mail restrictions. Every single day, letters,...
We’re closing our week-long series on prison mail with one of the most frustrating practices of all: return labels placed directly over the recipient’s name. A simple sticker makes the person — and their letter — disappear.
Mail rejection mystery: Correct address, correct ID, harmless contents, still returned “Refused, Unable to Forward” with no explanation. Mystery solved: OK DOC moves to digital mail.
From diner placemats to tourist postcards, small pieces of mail can carry big love. But growing bans in prisons are cutting off yet another way to stay connected.
Prison is one of the last strongholds of letter-writing, but mail restrictions are chipping away at the few connections people inside have left. Oregon’s new ban on “security-feature” envelopes is the latest roadblock — and it even applies to envelopes prisoners have bought themselves. The result? Delays, wasted postage, and more isolation.