Prisoner Pen Pals Community organizations have traditionally encouraged letter-writing between volunteers and prisoners. However, with the advent of the internet, letter-writing programs have taken a new form. Web sites offer to match prisoners and interested persons. A current list of such sites is maintained by Yahoo at Yahoo Prison Pen Pals including sites by commercial, independent, and voluntary organizations. These sites appear to have various business models.
Some sites appear to be operated purely as volunteer services.
I enjoy this more than anything I have ever done in my life. Thank you for making my site a success. Other sites are commercial. The site has a sophisticated search engine that allows the user to search for prisoners by state, race, age, gender, expected release date, conviction offence, and topics of interest. The site advises that no new pages are being accepted because prisons have not been allowing prisoners to operate personal businesses.