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Are you a prisoner pen-pal?

Hi there PDN-ers! How many of you are currently corresponding with prisoners as a pen-pal?  Please share with us some of your experience:…

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Are you a prisoner pen-pal?

Hi there PDN-ers! How many of you are currently corresponding with prisoners as a pen-pal?  Please share with us some of your experience:…

Started by Carter (PDN Admin)

0 Apr 17

Help negotiating the NYC dept of corrections

Greetings!  We are in the midst of creating a prison dharma program through our dharma center here in Brookyln, NY.  I feel that we would b…

Started by Justin von Bujdoss

1 Mar 12
Reply by Carter (PDN Admin)

Pen-pal programs

Does anyone know of any that are good?  I checked out "Write-an-Inmate" but it seems to be full of guys are gals who are looking for someth…

Started by Aaron Quinley

83 Mar 6
Reply by Jane Braaten

facing opposition with a colleage

I'd like to hear from folks on the comment "you kill someone in this country and we take care of you the rest of your life....a 3-6 million…

Started by angela t. jones

0 Feb 2

Walking meditation for inmates

Hi all - An inmate whom I have had a pen pal relationship for several years was recently moved to an "open air cubicle" at a new prison (ne…

Started by Sam DeWitt

0 Jan 29

South Woods State Prison Buddhist Services

   I visited South Woods State Prison this week for Buddhist/Meditation services. We had a very good discussion as how the men find their p…

Started by Robert Sowers

0 Oct 7, 2012

Prisoner changing prison

Hi - I just got a letter from the man I'm corresponding with and he was moved from Pelican Bay State Prison to a jail in LA. He didn't real…

Started by Pake Hall

4 Oct 6, 2011
Reply by Pake Hall

Review of Buddhist chaplaincy maximum security prison

Hi All. After five years working one day a week, voluntarily, as a Buddhist chaplain in a maximum security prison I decided that it was tim…

Started by Paddy murray

25 Aug 21, 2011
Reply by Paddy murray

Jack

I propose that young people, especially those that that are court mandated to group sessions having to do with alcohol drug abuse, HIV prev…

Started by jack gillespie

0 Jul 12, 2011

Collecting Success Stories

Hello - Not sure if this is the right place to post this. A while back my son's blog was posted to PDN. His name is Shannon Ross and I am h…

Started by Ann Knoedler

1 Jun 11, 2011
Reply by Ann Knoedler

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