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WriteAPrisoner.com is an online Florida-based business. The business's goal is to reduce recidivism through a variety of methods that include positive correspondence with pen pals on the outside, educational opportunities, job placement avenues, resource guides, scholarships for children affected by crime, and advocacy.
The entrepreneur emphasizes reducing recidivism through letter writing and regularly works with various states' Department of Corrections toward this goal. He has expanded the site beyond letter-writing to include self-help guides [ 8 ] for inmates to improve their lives and sometimes writes articles offering suggestions for ex-offenders ...
Writing from cell at Sullivan Correctional Facility, I’m part of a renaissance of prison journalism. If prison authorities had their way, no one would be writing from the inside at all.
Shumaker, as a prisoner, was known for devising all sorts of communications systems, including the notable tap code system and never getting caught. Like other POWs, he was badgered to write a request for amnesty from Ho Chi Minh, which he refused to do. As punishment, the Vietnamese forced Shumaker to stay in a cell with no heat and no ...
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Conscience & Consequence: A Prison Memoir. 2005. Asheville: Celtic WordCraft. ISBN 0-9758846-1-1 (theme: Chronicles the peaceful protest actions resulting in author's imprisonment, and provides inside view of Alderson Federal Prison for Women.) Václav Havel, author of Letters to Olga. Samizdat publication, 1988 in English. Henry Holt & Company.
But only Peltier was convicted, and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in federal prison. “Free Leonard Peltier” serves in many ways as a brief for the defense, making a strong case ...
I have no agenda against Write-a-Prisoner.com, I just felt that original article lacked balance. It appears Lawrence is of a similar mind. 14:03, 11 July 2008 (UTC)