The Prison Pen Pal Project is a service that links women in prison to women who want to write to them. Become a pen pal to a woman in prison today! So many times inmates will tell you that they were abused or that no one ever loved them. Now that they are in prison they keep their feelings to themselves, because being weak can get you hurt. Being a pen pal you are giving the blessing of being a fr
iend. Sometimes for the first time the inmate will now have someone they can talk to. Please won’t you become a lonely woman in prison's friend? A professor of psychology at Loyola University said, “People need someone to whom they can tell the story of their lives.” All of us have a story, and all of us have a profound longing for friendship — a poignant searching for the kinds of things that only a close and lasting relationship can bring. People desire that kind of connection that makes their lives significant to someone else. There is a long waiting list of women wanting a connection to the "Outside". Won't you become that link from your world to theirs? Some inmates have not received a letter or birthday card in years. Mail call is the highlight of a prisoner's day and some never hear their name called. Prison is a very dark and lonely place when you have no one who cares. Please show someone you care. While some will ask things of you, most do not; they just want a friend. They enrich the lives of the women who write to them, with their stories, poems, handmade cards, and their friendship. Please direct message to be matched with a lonely woman in prison.
