Welcome to WriteAPrisoner.com - a site helping real prisoners find real pen pals. Lonely men and women prisoners are turning to us in record numbers to find friendship outside of prison walls. The people you are about to meet on this site range widely - in age, where they "live" and more importantly, why they are in jail. But one thing they all have in common is unbearable loneliness and the aching desire for friendship. Please read our disclaimer before entering this site, then come in and meet these men and women.

Thousands of forgotten men and women prison penpals in federal/state penitentiaries, county jails, correctional facilities, and foreign & overseas prisons are desperately hoping for correspondence that may lead to friendship, romance, or legal help. Inmates' classified ads are personal ads that include photos. Remember, in this virtual world, online chats and email are unavailable to prisoners since they do not have access to computers. Your snail mail letters become cherished keepsakes that promote human rights and rehabilitation when you write to prison pen pals. Also, this site will let you e-mail your first message along with a return address. We will print and send them directly to the inmates, saving you the cost of postage.

Many of these men and women prisoners behind bars never get letters and spend as many as 23 hours a day in their cell. Some await execution on death row. Others languish in solitary confinement. A pen-pal may be the only relationship they have. Companionship for incarcerated people is almost impossible, especially for death row inmates who are even isolated from other inmates.

Current events regarding prison life are available here on our site, and research and statistics are also included. This is important information, but not nearly as important as remembering that these are lonely, forgotten human beings who have lost so much - friends, family, freedom. Often their right to vote is lost, and many who were married end up divorced and single - completely alone. Over 90 percent of these men and women will rejoin our society one day. That hopeful transition to a better life, a productive life, can be positively influenced by your kindness and compassion when you offer words of encouragement in a simple card or letter. Many of these people have endured traumatic childhoods or made foolish, youthful mistakes for which they are now paying. Over and over again, we hear from them that they are seeking a positive influence in their lives - someone to look up to and be encouraged by. Your card or letter may seem a small, insignificant thing to you, but to those who never hear their name at mail call, your words become a treasured keepsake to inspire and motivate, to be read and re-read again and again. Together, we can reduce recidivism through letter writing.

These are society's lost souls. Your pen, paper, and stamp along with a few kind words of inspiration may provide solace and hope in a world of despair. Reaching out to prison pen pals may be the most unselfish act you perform in your lifetime. Will you please reach out to another human being and write a prisoner today?