A guard tower at the new Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison on Friday, Apr. 10, 2015. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) ...
thoughtfully crafted letters can provide crucial emotional support and help preserve relationships during separation.
A letter sent to a Congressional Representative by Ross Ulbricht about his impending release from prison moved the Representative to tears.
I was just another one that had taken on a prison number — a letter with five digits — so ... I responded to the mail the paper received from all over the state prison system.