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Prisons ban prisoners from having pen pal ads

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prisons ban inmates from having pen pal ads By JESSICA GRESKO (AP) July 29, 2009 MIAMI ? In her online profile, Paula Jones says she is 42, "nonjudgmental" and likes fishing, gardening and cuddling. There's a catch, though. Jones' picture shows her in her blue Florida prison uniform. She won't be out until at least 2010. Her listing is posted on a Web site called WriteAPrisoner.com. She's looking for a pen pal. "If you're looking for someone genuine and true, I'm looking for you," her profile says. "I'm just a stamp away." By posting her profile, however, Jones is breaking a rule. Florida officials have banned inmates from having the Match.com-style listings, saying prisoners just create problems for their outside-the-pen pals. Other states ? Missouri, Montana, Indiana and Pennsylvania ? have similar restrictions...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 30, 2009 (boomark / email).