I sent you an email, but you didn't reply. If you believe this work is worthy, please consider giving! They are combined with other required fees. This is done for their protection. Without contact from the outside world, no support, no friends, nobody who cares, prison is a really dark and lonely place. We receive a great deal of mail each day, so we ask that inmates allow 6 to 8 weeks for processing profiles submitted by mail. There are still some institutions practicing conjugal visits. However, we have put together a comprehensive Inmate Locator section. What the Write A Prisoner Site Does Best: If you want to find out more about the community programs that prisons run for their inmates, Write A Prisoner is a great resource. To list an inmate or send them an application click here. Why do you have so much information up about mail fraud? Part of those fees are the Crime Victims Compensation Fund (CVCF); the other portion is for the Victim Witness Service Act. Yes. Having someone that cares means everything. Yes. Category. window.__mirage2 = {petok:"AG4SORBjX3b15F0ZZ3zIY9VJDA_8hnP1x9j7HCU5d58-32400-0"}; We would advise not to write an inmate who ask for money. Inmates also have the option to post any of our reintegration profiles at no charge to them. The following is a typical disclaimer just to cover ourselves legally. Yes, we do have suggestions for establishing a lasting friendship. Is there a limit to the amount of funds that can be added to an inmate's account at one time, or for a given time period? I believe that an inmate on your website is attempting to defraud the public by placing false information on his/her profile. Why do I have to provide my mailing address when joining your website? Near the end of the document, there is a section entitled Court Financial Information. This displays if the fees are paid.Both the inmate and the DOC will have payment information on record. There are many official third-party services for pen-pals to email inmates. Some inmates may have minor crimes and some may be murderers or sex offenders. In many cases, inmates are simply planning on an earlier or later release based on criteria that has not yet, or may not, be applied to the government's website. Once a profile expires, you may still be able to reactivate it here: Reinstate Expired Profile. Fromer Avanir Pharmaceuticals sales representative Gregory Hayslette was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme in which he paid two Cleveland area doctors to write . Use implies acceptance of our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy. Just think of how lonely it must feel at mail call to never hear your name being called, especially after being locked up for several years and family and friends have deserted you. Our site is designed to function as a correspondence program (e.g., all of our mail is sent through the prison doors). Why? You can also drop books off in person to those organizations that indicate this as an option. However, once you are registered and logged into our website, you can create and send your first message to an inmate using our website. They are automatically added when you complete this form, and so is your email address. An inmate has placed a fake or false photo on WriteAPrisoner.com. How do I get his/her prison listed? Enter the inmate's name and number below to begin. Inmates must submit in writing that they want their profile removed. This will prevent our emails from ending up in these folders in the future. Although the site provides no Internet access of any kind to inmates, it has often been called the MySpace and Facebook for inmates[4][5][6] by the media. This is a very simple fix. In fact, reports of fraud amongst our members is very rare. Proudly founded by William Penn in 1681 as a place of tolerance and freedom. Inmate | FAQ | Search | Contact Us,