NEWS & RESOURCES
Support Meetings on Zoom
For Parents of Inmates Only
Second Sunday every month 4:00 - 6:00 pm Eastern time.
This is a time for parents to voice concerns, sadness and hopes with others going through the same difficulties.
Please email us up to one week in advance to receive your Zoom code to join the meeting.
Inmate Art Gallery
Welcome to the Parents 4 Prison Reform Online Art Gallery where we will have a rotating exhibit by inmates from all over the United States.
We are excited to offer this service to the incarcerated and to people in the general population. Research has shown that having a creative outlet can greatly improve an inmate’s emotional wellbeing. So often prisoners are overlooked in society. We want to do our part to show that inmates are talented, intelligent people. It is amazing to see the artwork prisoners are able to create especially considering their surroundings and extremely limited resources. I have seen amazing work created from nothing more than old vending machine wrappers, coffee stained paper, and floor wax.
*For privacy reasons some of our artists use first names only.
The 2 current artists for our online gallery are "C" who is incarcerated in Louisiana and Willie who is incarcerated in Florida.
Frequently Asked Questions
• Can I visit my loved one?
• How do I put money on an inmate's books?
• Can my loved one call me?
• Are the commissary and phone the same account?
• Can I mail things to my loved one?
Answer: When your loved one is incarcerated answers to these and other questions can be found by looking at the facility website. Reading the institution website will answer most of your questions. Follow all directions exactly as they are given on the website. If your loved one is moved to a new facility, be sure to look at the new facility website. Each institution is different and has it’s own rules. Many times money services are also different.
Other Prison Reform Organizations
Please take a look at these sites as they are great organizations working toward prison reform.
Go to Issues and then Prisoner’s. Rightshttps://www.aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights
Articles
Cheap Jail and Prison Food Is Making People Sick. It Doesn’t Have To.
Prison Education Programs: What to Know
DOJ watchdog report finds chronic failures by Bureau of Prisons contributed to the deaths of hundreds of inmates
First class: Auburn University graduates first class of students at Staton Correctional Facility
Why did prison and jail populations grow in 2022 — and what comes next?