Independent Florida Alligator: ‘A window to the outside’: 3 death row pen pals reflect on their relationships with inmates
‘A window to the outside’: 3 death row pen pals reflect on their relationships with inmates
Cameraman Rhys Williams met pen-pal and death-row inmate Roderick Orme after 20 years of the pair exchanging letters and emails While searching for story ideas, news cameraman Rhys Williams came ...
MSN: Utah organization Envelopes of Hope connects prison inmates to pen pals
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Utah group is connecting Utah inmates with pen pals throughout the state. The goal is to create meaningful connection and support for someone who really needs it. Writing a ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The state Department of Corrections said Tuesday it will ban inmates from soliciting pen-pals over the Internet after discovering that some offenders used the relationships ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus: Officials leery of inmate personal ads seeking pen pals
Nearly a dozen dogs have been through a unique training program that works to help shelter dogs, along with inmates at the Allen Gamble Correctional Center. In the “Pen Pals” program, dogs stay with ...
Florida’s death row inmates spend 23 hours a day in their 6-by-9 foot cells, passing time by watching TV on prison-issued devices, reading books or magazines, studying their case files or writing ...
NBC Bay Area: After 60 years of writing letters, pen pals meet face-to-face for the first time
After six decades of friendship fostered by handwritten letters, two pen pals finally met face-to-face for the first time — and the interaction was captured in a now-viral video. Emily Conn from ...