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From a prisoner in Huntsville, Texas:
"Mail is one of the most cherished items in a prisoner's
life; he brightens when it arrives, and drops his head when his cell is
passed by. But this night, I had mail. It was from WriteAPrisoner.com with
an email for me from a woman in England! Here we are a few months later
and if it isn't love, then we will remain forever friends. Just think, in
a sea of websites and prisoners, she found me!! Are there still such
things as fairy tale endings? Yes, I believe so!" - Patrick Cole
From a prisoner in Soledad, California:
"I placed an ad with your company earlier this year, and I wanted to thank you for the service you have provided me. I have met a lot of interesting people and am very pleased with the response I have gotten. I have told many people here at the prison about your service. I am very satisfied and plan on referring as many people to your company as possible." - Brian Marino
From a prisoner in Corcoran, California:
"I am writing to thank you for your professional service and thank you for connecting me with the woman who responded to my ad. We have both fallen in love, and I couldn't be any happier." - James Kinslow
From a prisoner in Florence, Colorado:
"I am writing to thank you for your service in helping me find someone that is really special. Thank you for your assistance" - Trevor Lee
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I want to thank you for your wonderful site. I took the time to write a lady and it turns out we have a lot in common. Hopefully she will be released in January 2007. I have asked her to marry me when she gets out, but haven't received her answer yet. Again, thank you for your site. Without it I might never have met this wonderful lady." - Jay Pierce
From a prisoner in Iowa Park, Texas:
"I'd like to extend my appreciation to ya'll's company. You've come to help me find my soul mate and have made my life complete, so I'd like to withdrawal my ad. Thanks!" - Marcos Flores
From a letter to the Better Business Bureau:
"I thought that it would be a good idea to write you and acknowledge the fact that I am a very satisfied customer of WriteAPrisoner.com. They are very professional, and as a result, they get their customers results, and I just thought you should know." - John Horton
From a prisoner in Coalinga, California:
"Thank you for your incredible business! I've made a few new friends and that is immeasurable happiness! Cheer is so seldom in here. Thank you!" - Brian Timmons
From a pen pal on the outside:
"It has been over a year ago since I met the absolute most amazing person that I have ever met in my life through your website. Anthony and I are now engaged to be married as soon as he comes home next year. There are no words to express my gratitude for the WriteAPrisoner.com staff and your wonderful service. I just wanted to write to thank you for uniting me with my soul mate and my future husband. I am forever grateful." - Milissa
From a prisoner in Marcy, New York:
"I have met someone due to your services, and I would like to say thank you!" - Jonathan Brown
From a prisoner in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania:
"Please remove my ad from your website. I have found the one for me, and we are to soon be married. Thank you!" Sharif Jones
From a prisoner in Cottonport, Louisiana:
"I have met a very special person and I would like to remove my ad. Your services are greatly appreciated by me and I will continue to recommend WriteAPrisoner.com to other inmates." - Daniel Freitas
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I just wanted to take a minute of your time and tell you all what a great thing you are doing for all these people. As you know, we all make mistakes in life and these people need human contact outside prison to let them know that the world is not so strange and cold." - Dianne
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"Will you please remove my ad? I have found someone so special. I'll be released in 13 months and plan to get married. Thank you so much!" Corina Leal
From a former prisoner:
"I am on your site and got out. I have nothing but words of praise for your site. I am going to try and write someone to give back." - Jeremy Hays
From a prisoner in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania:
"I'd like to thank you for your services and I'd recommend you to anyone. I found what I was looking for, so thank you." -Richard Whaler
From a letter to the Better Business Bureau:
"Hello, I am writing to let you know my satisfaction with WriteAPrisoner.com. Their service is a wonderful and appreciated extension to help people in situations like myself. I am pleased with the site and their professionalism in helping me." - Thomas Kertetter
From a prisoner in White Deer, Pennsylvania:
"Your site has helped me find my true happiness that I longed for. With this much said, I request my ad to be removed from the site." - Ernesto Ramirez
From a pen pal on the outside:
"Your website is absolutely amazing and does give many of these individuals hope. I have met an unbelievable man who thought he had been "forgotten between concrete walls" and now has so much love for life and motivation/inspiration. Once again, I am very grateful for WriteAPrisoner.com and for the way it changed both our lives. Thank you!" - Anna C.
From a prisoner in Oshkosh, Wisconsin:
"I would like you to know that I am very pleased with the high standards of quality and professionalism your service provides. Keep up the exceptional service!" - Brian Markiwicz
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I think you guys are doing a fantastic job in trying to put some hope in peoples' lives for real! I just got out of prison myself. I'm writing a lady as we speak that I got from your web site. I will VOLUNTEER if you guys need any help. Let me know, okay?" - Mike
From a prisoner in Ione, California:
"I would like to express my gratitude for your services. You are an amazing group of professional, goal oriented, efficient individuals! I did my research prior to embarking on this venture and I went with you because you were the best. I have been approached by no less than 20 established and start up websites attempting to acquire my business. I always ask them what they could possibly provide me that you guys can't. I never get a response back. After three years, you are still the best!" - Trent Davis
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I have been writing one of your inmates. It has changed both of our lives. I just wanted to say thank you for giving a person a second chance in life!!! His letters touch my heart every four days. He really is a beautiful person inside and out!" - Rox
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart in helping me to find my other half. I met my angel on July 12 of this year (his birthday) and it has been like a match made in heaven and all those other innuendos we so often hear about. Anyway, I would just again like to thank you. We are getting married in just two short weeks and he is getting out in February. We are both VERY happy… thanks to you." - Rose J.
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"I really appreciate all of your help and transactions to make it easier to participate in your program. I did find someone special, so please remove my info as soon as possible." Kerry Coleman
From a letter to the Better Business Bureau:
"I would like to say the company WriteAPrisoner.com did a wonderful job of doing just what they said they would do in their ad. The company was very professional and they kept me up to date on my ad, which was run through their website. I just want to say this company went beyond what any other pen pal website has ever done for me." - Dennis Wright
From a prisoner in Hagerstown, Maryland:
"I'm writing to you to ask you to please take my name off your website. I had a lot of fun on it and got a lot of letters and friends. Thank you!" -Eric Bowman
From a prisoner in Iowa Park, Texas:
"I want ya'll to know that I appreciate doing business with ya'll. Ya'll have helped make my time a lot easier! I've gotten a lot of responses from this site and only been on three months! Thank you!" - George Gomez
From a pen pal in Orem, UT:
"I'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to meet a special man. Things between the both of us have been an experience like no other. I'm sure that what we both have going will be lasting and meaningful. If it wasn't for your website, I wouldn't have met such a wonderful person. Thank you for all you do." - Maria Rodriguez
From a prisoner in Atlanta, Georgia:
"I would like to cut my ad off. I have received plenty of responses and need no more. Thank you for your services and time." - Luis Cruz
From a prisoner in Salem, Oregon:
"I would like you to terminate my ad on your website please. I have found a special person and I appreciate your services. Thanks!" Cecil Fairley
From a prisoner in Somerset, Pennsylvania:
"Thank you so much for the opportunity to meet such a wide variety of new people during these trying times in prison. I greatly appreciate all that you have done. Thank you!" - Woodrow Ballard
From a prisoner in Beaumont, Texas:
"I have found the person to spend my life with. Please terminate my advertisement forthwith. Thank you for your help. Your time and effort on my behalf has been greatly appreciated." - Michael Hall
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"I would like to say that I appreciate WriteAPrisoner.com's services tremendously, as I have received letters from many wonderful and interesting people from across the globe. Thanks!" - Courtney Dunkin
From a prisoner in Ione, California:
"Thank you doesn't even cover the gratitude I feel for all that we've accomplished together these last years. You have been an invaluable resource. I can honestly say that I don't know where I would be today without you. So thank you indeed!" - Trent Davis
From a letter to the Better Business Bureau:
"I just wanted to write and let you know that throughout the entire time that I have been a customer of WriteAPrisoner.com, I have been very happy with their services, and I am satisfied with the results. The company provided me with all of the services that were promised to me and performed quality work in everything that they did. They have gone a long way to help make my life a little bit nicer. I would strongly recommend them to anyone who is looking at them for personal advertising services." - Michael Stockdale
From a prisoner in Florence, Arizona:
"I have found what I was looking for: "true love." I found one of the most awesome women in the world because of your service. Her and I are talking about our future and starting a web company for my art, so I am forever indebted to your company and I will continue to spread the word about WriteAPrisoner.com." - Geary Grubbs
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I have written to a few men having ads on this site and a few women as well. I have made several friends and gained a lot of new perspectives. I think this is an extremely wonderful site for bringing together the lost souls of incarcerated people and people that are free... there's a need for people to open their hearts and minds and realize that people behind bars are not animals; they are humans who for whatever reason have made mistakes, not unlike some out here... Most of these people are kind, gentle, and in need of love, friendship and tenderness just as you and I. I would highly recommend (and do often) this site to anyone searching for a friend... Thank you for your web site. It has brought me to a better place in life." - Jenny Lawson
From a prisoner in Beaumont, Texas:
"Through your website I met a woman, and as far as I'm concerned, I need not have to look any further, for she is to me that special lady that I've been looking for all my life, and it would not have happened if not for your assistance. Thank you so much for being there to help me and many other lonely souls in the quest to find their soul mates." - Anthony Rodgers
From a prisoner in Portage, Wisconsin:
"You have given me the opportunity to meet the woman that has given me a new outlook on life and the world around me. She is very special and has touched my heart, soul, and spirit. I thank you for posting my ad and for the special service that you provide!!" - Jonathan Wuest
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I just wanted to send my thanks for providing a wonderful service. In July of 2003, I heard about your company on the local news and thought I would check it out. A few weeks later, I was going through the site when I cam across an ad that compelled me to write. We've been writing to each other for over a year now and I just got back from visiting him for the first time. It was awesome! We want to thank you for providing the pathway that brought us together!" - Denise Newkam
From a prisoner in Somerset, Pennsylvania:
"I'm writing to you to let you know that I want you to remove my ad from your website. Your service to me was great. I've met many people, but most of all, I met that one person that really matters to me. Thank you!" - Jason Paradisi
From a prisoner in South Bay, Florida:
"I want to take this opportunity to make a comment about your website. I must say that during the time I was posted on your site, I received a lot of mail. I was, indeed, so busy responding to them that the year I was on there went by so fast, and made me realize that your site is the best of all the pen pal connections I have dealt with. Thank you for a great service." - Roberto Gumbs
From a prisoner in Fort Madison, Iowa:
"I wanted you to let you know that my ad expires in February, and I'm not too sure that I will continue my ad because I've met a girl that might just be an angel. She is perfect! And writing to other people would only be a let down. I have to thank you guys for that, so thank you so much!" - Creig Shelton
From a prisoner in Edgefield, South Carolina:
"I'm requested to have my ad taken off the Internet. I have enjoyed your service and have no complaints. Your company has truly helped me, and I appreciate it." - Kevin Farrell
From a prisoner in Sumner, Illinois:
"Please forgive me for not writing a lot sooner to thank you for such a great job that this service has done in allowing me to meet many new people and friends. Thank you so much!" - Javier Romero
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for your service. Through your website, I have met my soul mate and best friend. He has given me support in my time of need that has not been matched by anyone else. I speak with his family often. I also go on visits to see him frequently. We plan to marry in August. I want to really thank the staff at WriteAPrisoner.com because without you I would have never found my soul mate. I am forever grateful to you!" - Angel Mays
From a prisoner in Greenwood, South Carolina:
"I would like to tell you how pleased I am from the mail I've gotten! It's overwhelming at times, but I love it! There has not been anyone under the age of 18 writing to me, and I've met some really good friends. Thank you again for your service. Your company truly is the best!" - Hillery Rosendall
From a prisoner in Soledad, California:
"I have met 2 of the most wonderful people I could imagine, so I can't thank you enough. You do fantastic work!" - A. Lane
From a prisoner in Manistee, Michigan:
"I've met a very special woman. We hit it off from the start. She writes all the time and for the last month has been visiting regularly. Thanks to your service, I have been happy, so thank you very, very much." - Rich Wolfe
From a prisoner in Sumner, Illinois:
"I have to say that your company has lighted my days and also has done a wonderful job getting me mail." - Erick Shuck
From a prisoner in Jonesville, Virginia:
"I am writing to let you know that I have found someone that I am happy with thanks to your website. I am asking to be placed off your site because I am completely satisfied with the person I met. I will continue referring people to you because your company IS the best out there on ALL levels!" - Josef Buchanan
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I would truly like to thank you, for my son is a prisoner of New York state. He has met some good people who are trying to help him. His name is Valentino Dixon. It takes a special person to believe in someone's innocence." - Mrs. Dixon
From a prisoner in New Boston, Texas:
"Your service is very, very good, and I have found what I was seeking through your services: Love. So thank you for your great service!" - Ricardo Galindo
From a prisoner in Bridgeport, Texas:
"I just wanted to thank you so much for your service. I've gotten more mail this past week than I have in 2 years, and I am looking forward to this next year meeting new people through my ad!" - Kimberly Porter
From a prisoner in Florence, Colorado:
"This letter is to inform your company that I wish to discontinue my pen pal web page. I am very grateful for the number of new friends I've made through your website. Thank you for your services." - Joe Escheif
From a letter to the Better Business Bureau:
"WriteAPrisoner.com set up a great site, kept me informed and the staff there are really good people. I thank the staff for helping me find this special someone in my life and making my days a 'lil brighter when I wake up. Thank you!" - Matthew Schumacher
From a prisoner in Crescent City, California:
"I'm writing to request that my pen pal ad be removed from your website. To my complete surprise- really, I hadn't expected it- I met the perfect pen pal for me." - Michael Beattie
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I met someone very special on your website. I compliment you on doing a great job and providing services for all inmates. I believe that everyone has a chance in life. Sometimes we make mistakes, but it most cases, we learn from them." - Sandra H.
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I really want to thank WriteAPrisoner.com for helping me find a great woman and I am looking forward to spending my life with her as soon as we are able. We met about 7 months ago and started to share very strong feelings for one another, and about a week ago, I asked her to marry me and she said YES!! Thank you!" - Jason
From a prisoner in Ione, California:
"I wanted to thank you and all who help us that are locked down reach out and be able to feel life a little more through your site. I'm also sharing your 411 with others and talking highly of you all." - U. Walquist
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"My hat goes off to WriteAPrisoner.com! Without them I probably would never have found this woman whom I love… without her, life has no meaning!" - Timothy Baker
From a prisoner in Enfield, Connecticut:
"I just wanted to say thank you because if I never put my ad on your site, I would have never met this beautiful woman. And don't worry… even though you're losing me as a customer, I know you will be gaining a handful from out this way 'cuz people be asking me where I found this woman, and I tell them WriteAPrisoner.com!" - Kyle Long
From a prisoner in Cumberland, Maryland:
"I am writing because of your site. I have found my soul mate! If it was not for you site, I would not be as happy as I am now. I can speak from experience, true friendship and love can happen for anyone! You and your staff do a fantastic job for both inmates and people looking for someone! Thank you again!" - Henry Walker
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I would like to take this time to thank you for your internet site for inmates. My one and only time I came upon your site, I found my love. The one person who makes my days brighter and life happier! Through phone calls, letters, and visits, we grow stronger all the time. If it wasn't for your site, we may never have met. You never know, but thank you once again for I have found my love!" - Beth H.
From a prisoner in Fort Dix, New Jersey:
"I am writing to say thank you for your help in helping me find that special lady. Can you please put up on the site; to all those out there be easy and keep it real with yourself, and your pen pal- she or he is out there. This site is real, "I found my Baby Girl!" - Nelson Pantoja
From a prisoner in Blythe, California:
"Needs mail no more! I am happy to inform you that I have found a strong, positive, caring woman and know it's time for me to free up this space for others. Hopefully other prisoners can find a girl as sweet as mine. Thank you for your great service, but you can unplug me!" - William Marshall
From a prisoner in Soledad, California:
"I will admit that I've received far more mail than I had hoped for or anticipated. And if I somehow could, I would like to thank each and every person who took their time to read and respond to my ad. I have been overwhelmed by the amount of responses I've received. Thank you for your helping hand." - Omar Avila
From a prisoner in South Walpole, Massachusetts:
"Thank you ever so much for your services and all the options I was able to choose from. You definitely run a "Smooth" business, and I wish you all the success in the world. I thank you wholeheartedly for finding- or helping me find- my significant other." - Miguel Gomez
From a prisoner in Ione, California:
"I'm happy to say I found Ms. Right, thank God! And yes, thank you for your assistance and your company for helping us men behind bars on reaching out to the world and getting us connected with life beyond these walls." - Gabriel Torres
From a prisoner in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania:
"I would like to have my personal ad removed as soon as possible. I've found the woman for me!" - Gary Pratt
From a pen pal in Tulare, California:
"I want to thank you all for the beautiful site. It has made many inmates feel human again. We all make mistakes. No one is perfect. Life is a learning tool and you all are doing a great job. I am now getting married in 2 months and God has blessed us as well as many others." - Caroline
From a prisoner in Soledad, California:
"The reason for this letter is because I would like to remove my ad from your website that I had placed. The reason for this is because I found a special someone thanks to you guys!" - Carlos Damian
From a letter to the Better Business Bureau:
"We are writing to tell you about a very pleasant business encounter that we had with a company located in Florida. WriteAPrisoner.com is not only providing a wonderful service, but is also incredibly professional and very pleasant to do business with. Our overall experience with WriteAPrisoner.com was both rewarding and enriching, and we wanted someone to know what a great job they're doing." - Paul C. Davis & Carla M. Martin
From a prisoner in Coleman, Florida:
"I have found a wonderful woman through your service, and I thank you… however, IF it does not work out, I will get back on your service because of the good responses and friends that I've found through your site." - Rahim Shakur
From a prisoner in Crescent City, California:
"Wow, I never thought I would be writing this letter. Even though it took a few months to get any responses, using your service and putting my ad up was the best thing I ever did in prison. I have met some really cool people, as well as one very special lady. Thank you!" - David Watson
From a prisoner in Frackville, Pennsylvania:
"First and foremost, I want to thank you for what you have done for me and for you having your business. I have found everything I was looking for and more." - Noah Banks
From a prisoner in Tehachapi, California:
"Hello, my respects are extended to you and everyone around you. I'm writing this brief letter to specially thank you for helping me find my mate. Your service has done its purpose." - Albert Torres
From a prisoner in Wallkill, New York:
"Today is a joyous day, for I've found my "Someone Special." She and I have connected on levels I never thought imaginable, only dreamed of. She has walked from my dreams and into my heart. I will be married in the very near future, so again, thank you for the window to the world." - Robert Jones
From a prisoner in Miami, Florida:
"I wish to express my gratefulness for your services and helping me. I have connected with a pen pal from overseas and it's almost as if I met a copy of myself. We have so much in common." - Carllan Cambridge
From a prisoner in Vacaville, California:
"I am writing to thank you and congratulate your site. For exactly 10 months, I've been on your web-site and I am proud to be one of those whom your site has helped to find more than friendship, but companionship and a genuine love." - Perry D. Fisher
From a prisoner in East Moline, Illinois:
"I am writing to request that you take my ad off your website. I have found exactly what I was looking for through your website. I am very happy with your service, but I am no longer in need of it." - Roger Hoekstra
From a prisoner in New Boston, Texas:
"I just want to tell ya'll guys… THANK YOU! You have allowed me to meet the love of my life!!" - Chance Thompson
From a prisoner in Eddyville, Kentucky:
"I'm very satisfied with your service and have found plenty of people to correspond with. So please take me off your site as soon as possible. Thank you for all your time and effort." -Kris Johnson
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I believe this site is extremely wonderful in bringing people together who truly need each other." - Jenny Dew
From a prisoner in Delano, California:
"Just a quick letter to say "thank you" for the service you provided me, but I no longer need to be on the website. I am happy to say that I found someone special, and I'm requesting to be removed from the site." - Robert Marchello
From a letter to the Better Business Bureau:
"This brief letter is to share with you a great experience I had with an Internet service in your region. WriteAPrisoner.com helped me find a caring friend to share letters, life, love, and more. So for this once, I find complete satisfaction with a service instead of a horror story and complaint." - W Marshall
From a prisoner in Coleman, Florida:
"I am writing to tell you how delighted I am with your service. It has been the best experience of my incarceration, and although my ad has only run a little over a month, I have found what I am searching for, so I am asking that you remove my ad from your site as soon as possible." - Rhonda Haithcox
From a prisoner in El Dorado, Kansas:
"I really like what you provide for us prisoners and I've had a lot of responses, but I've found someone I'm very in love with and would like for you to please pull my ad." - Steven Fredrick
From a prisoner in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania:
"Thank you for your services, but I found what I've been looking for, so can you please take me off the Internet?" - Randolf Carpenter
From a prisoner in Coleman, Florida:
"I am writing because I would like to have my name removed from your website. I am very pleased with the service you offer and received an overwhelming response to my ad; however, the mail is getting to the point where I am not able to respond to every single person that writes me." - Theresa Jackson
From a prisoner in Jasper, Florida:
"I'm writing this letter to say thank you for helping me to find the one I was looking for. At this time I'd like you to remove my ad from this site. I couldn't actually believe that this really works. My intention when I ran the ad was to find someone that shared the same likes as I, and through your ad it happened. So again I thank you for your help and will continue to tell my friends about your site. I'm writing the Better Business Bureau and tell them your ad is such a help to some of us in prison." - Jeffery Adkins
From a prisoner in South Walpole, Massachusetts:
"I wanted to thank you for your GREAT services! I have a beautiful fiancée because of my ad. Thank you! I just would PLEASE ask you to remove my ad because I no longer have a need for it!" - Richard Jimenez
From a prisoner in Jonesville, Virginia:
"To the staff at WriteAPrisoner.com... I have met that special woman and no longer need your services. Please take me off your site. I sincerely thank all the staff. Keep up the good work." - Robert Wallace
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"Dear WriteAPrisoner... I want to thank y'all for a wonderful website..." - Robert Harris
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I wanted to let you know that I was a skeptic when I heard about your site. HOWEVER... while I was browsing out of sheer curiosity, I came across the most amazing man I have ever met... From the day I received his first letter I knew he was "real" - no games, no catches, just a real person with real thoughts and feelings. Well, it's been a couple months now since we have been writing... we talk on the phone... and I'm visiting him next month for the first time. We have a very special relationship and the distance does not seem to be a problem for us. In fact, I almost forget where he is sometimes because he is always in my heart." - Maria Currin
From a prisoner in Appleton, Minnesota:
"I am writing this letter to request that my ad be removed from the internet. I thank you for your service... I have received lots of pen pals! I have met someone and I have grown to love someone... I do not wish to be receiving any more pen pals." - Kevin Simer
From a prisoner in Whiteville, Tennessee:
"First, I would like to say to the person or persons that are responsible for getting this organization started, thank you very much for making me a part of it. I received my first letter, and I am very excited about it... " - Sonny Veney (P.S. To think, I will have to buy an extra Christmas card this year, and am happily doing so. Thanks to all the staff at WriteAPrisoner.com.)
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I just wanted to let you know that your website is really cool. I myself found a dear and loving friend through your service. It is really looking good for us. I hear those wedding bells and I'll let you know for sure. Thank you for the website." - Sincerely, Jolinda of New Mexico
From a prisoner in Alden, New York:
"I'm writing about my ad. First and foremost, thank you for the service your company is providing. You brought a lot of peace and love to my heart. But I would like to be taken off the Internet. I have found what I have been looking for, so I will no longer need your services! Thank you for everything." - Chiovaro Michael
From a prisoner in Tamms, Illinois:
"Please take my ad off. I have met the most beautiful woman - thank you!" - Robert Higgins
From a prisoner in Coalinga, California:
"I am a new subscriber to your service. First of all, I would like to say that your service is outstanding. It has exceeded all of my expectations. The response to my ad has been actually unreal. It has been overwhelming. I never dreamed of the amount of mail that I have received. I am thankful, and I appreciate it and try to respond to every letter that I receive. But, it is nearly impossible. To date, the amount of people that have responded has exceeded 80 and continues on a daily basis. I cannot keep up. Therefore, and I know this is going to be an unusual request, especially since my ad has only just begun to run in the last month, I wish to ask if you would suspend my ad on a temporary basis. My intention from the start was to hopefully, find some-ONE that I was compatible with, and write to only one or two at most. This is simply overwhelming. I feel compelled to write to each and everyone, as a matter of courtesy, but it has become impossible." - Victor-Raphael Moultrie
From a prisoner in Miami, Florida:
"Please delete my ad. I have found a young lady that shows a great deal of interest in me. Thank you for your service." - David Youte
From a prisoner in Midway, Texas:
"I would like to take this time to thank you all for your professionalism and conduct instilled in a business manner to/with all your employees towards the customers. I have met a very outstanding and beautiful woman through your services and would now like to put my search to a close. Please take my ad off of the great site you have provided me for all this time. I hope many others may find what they are looking for. I congratulate those that keep it real." - Mike Akin
From a prisoner in St. Gabriel, Louisiana:
"Could you please take my ad and picture off of the Internet because I have found the man that I am going to spend the rest of my life with. Thank you for your services." - Amy Larck
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I am writing you because I started using your website to locate a pen pal that was in prison. I have made several friends along the way, but the main reason I am writing is because I want to thank you so much because I have met the man of my dreams. He is truly amazing. I would have never guessed in a million years that I would have met my soul mate this way, but I have and I owe it all to you. We plan on being married before he is released. God Bless." - Marjorie Tralton
From a prisoner in Coleman, Florida:
"Dear Staff of WriteAPrisoner.com... I've only been up and running on your site as of 6-1-03. On July 12th, 2003 a wonderful woman responded to my ad, and we really both have connected as a result of your company's service. I've decided to transfer to California to finish the rest of my sentence. Thank you once again for designing such a wonderful website and allowing me the opportunity of meeting a special lady like the one I'm looking forward to loving" - Roddrick McDonald
From a prisoner in Ontario, Oregon:
"Please discontinue my ad on your web site. I have found a good, loyal woman. Thank you." - M.A. Barrow
From a prisoner in Lowell, Florida:
"Could you please remove my ad ASAP? I have found my SOUL-MATE and I want you to know it was because of your advertisement. Thank you so very much." - Tanya Yelvington
From a letter to the Better Business Bureau:
"I am writing concerning WriteAPrisoner.com. I am very happy with their services. As a prisoner, this service allowed me to meet new people that I would normally not be able to meet. Further, this service allows the general public to know prisoners and help them to understand the dynamics of our judicial systems. WriteAPrisoner.com provides a service that is unique yet very much needed by many. The service is very professional and informative to its customers. I would recommend this service to my friends." - Antonia Bunton
From a prisoner in Jessup, Maryland:
"...writing to inform you, your services are no longer needed. Through your website a beautiful and loving woman has come into my life. My search is over. Please remove my ad from the website. She's what I've been looking for, for a very long time. Thanks to you my prayers have been answered." - Tony Lawson
From a pen pal on the outside:
"After watching a Ricki Lake show, I wanted to do this and I chose to write to a couple of people on death row. You're being there is a good thing. Sometimes people make mistakes, some bigger than others, and I feel that once the legal system has judged them, then the only one left to judge them is God, not the world. Please keep up the good you do and know that all these men and woman treasure this link to the outside world." Carolyne Williams in Australia
From a prisoner in Buckeye, Arizona:
"I am writing to ask to be taken off your website. I have found my true love and "soul mate" and I have no need or want to receive any more letters or e-mails. Thank you for your help. I'm happy now in love and now married. So you did all this for me. Thank you. With respect..." - Herman "Fred" Dees
From a prisoner in Jessup, Maryland:
"Please discontinue my website immediately, thank you. I enjoyed the experience and met...terrific, kind, and open-minded people. Your service has been a true blessing, and I found the extraordinary woman I was looking for. Again, thank you. You never know what type of story might develop from this, but it'll be fun, and I'll cherish it." - Sean Ford
From a prisoner in Somerset, Pennsylvania:
"I've been on your website for 3 weeks now, and it's proven to be the best $40 I've ever invested. I've met a wonderful woman who has brightened up my life way beyond my expectations. So, at this time, I'd like to thank you very much for your services, and please take my web page off ASAP. Again, thank you. I've referred your company to several other inmates. I hope they're half as fortunate as I am." - Edward Hayes
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I came across the WriteAPrisoner.com website while I was on the Internet looking for general information. I browsed through the site and was drawn to the ad for Jodi who had written a beautiful poem that touched my heart. You see, I too am a poet and a writer. I first wrote to Jody in early January 2004 and we now write to each other several times a week and have spoken on the phone. And incredible as it may sound, I have already gotten to know her parents quite well. Jodi and I have fallen in love with each other. We are going to get together when she is released and have even talked about getting married." - David Patterson
From a prisoner in Corcoran, California:
"I would like to thank you very much for helping me to connect with the world. Because of your program I've met two very nice people who really care about my situation and have treated me like a human being, a person, instead of a dog in a cage." - Desmond McKinzie
From a prisoner in Napa, California:
"I am so thankful for WriteAPrisoner.com. You are a great bunch of people. I will let the ministries with whom I stay in contact know about your kindness and very good business-like spirit. I have only a 4th grade education but I am a very good preacher and I am thinking of putting together a sermon to go along with your kindness towards people who are locked up. You may or may not be a Christian but I always give a good word back where a good work has been done." - Wayne W. Morin, Jr.
From a prisoner in Coldwater, Michigan:
"I have been receiving lots of mail. I want to take the time to thank you for your wonderful service. I look forward to mail call now." - Ed Wolf
From a prisoner in Nashville, North Carolina:
"I am fully satisfied with your services and want to say, keep up the good work." - Christopher Williams
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I have really enjoyed this forum and it has been eye opening for me as well. I appreciate this way of connecting. I have a son incarcerated and went online because of him and found a pen pal of my own and am very happy and feel good about our letters. It has made such a difference in my lifestyle on a daily basis. I feel great! I enjoy the attention so much!" - Brenda Wingfield
From a prisoner in Waupun, Wisconsin:
"I've been on your Internet (service) for several months and have had several pen pals write, and I love your services. I have friends who want to try your site because others don't fulfill expectations." - Lucas Byrd
From a prisoner in Huntsville, Texas:
"Please suspend my service... I am writing to someone I met through your service who just might be 'Mrs. Right.' THANK YOU. I have received so much happiness and love because of her. Without you, I never would have found her." - Robert J. Kaupp
From a prisoner in Carlisle, Indiana:
"I want to thank you for your efforts in finding pen pals for me! I have used other services and I have found that your customer service is the best. Thank you for your excellent service! Your prompt responses and courteous service have impressed me. You have earned a loyal customer! Thanks!" - Steve Johns
From a prisoner in Corcoran, California:
"I really do appreciate it. Thank you again for making my life almost worth living." - Christopher Anstine
From a prisoner in Butner, North Carolina:
"Thank you very much! You've done a very nice job with (my ad). I've already gotten one response and was happy to get one!" - Scott Schroeder
From a prisoner in Ridgeville, South Carolina:
"Thank you for your help. I have met new friends because of your site. It is a blessing!" - Victor-Raphael Moultrie
From a prisoner in Hagerstown, Maryland:
"I am happy to inform you that the services you provide are greatly appreciated. One cannot fully understand the therapeutic effects one receives from correspondence with his or her peers on the outside, to the psyche!" - Marc Jackson
From a prisoner in Lexington, Kentucky:
"I would like to thank you for your services. I will be leaving prison on January 13, 2003... Thank you again for your help and I look forward to using your service, only on the other end." - Greg Cornett
From a prisoner in Wasco, California:
"I've been a part of your site for seven months now, and I'm asking for some more applications for your site. For some reason (good ones, of course), everyone has been asking me for applications for your great site. I love your site! I've had great success. Thanks." - Markell Campbell
From a pen pal on the outside:
One night last year I got on my computer because I wanted a pen pal to keep in touch with. To my surprise as I punched in Pen Pal ...Prison Pen Pal came up. Curious I was... I wrote to several of your inmates that were on your site and each one wrote back and each inmate had a gift and many talents such as poetry, art, crafts and most important a listening ear. One out of the few that I wrote really caught my eye. I was very taken by his letters and his determination to get to know me for me. Over the last couple of months our relationship has gone to a whole new level. He is stationed in NC and I am from TN. I recently took a job offer and it just so happened to be in his home town. I have yet to be approved for visitation because of my ID status of relocation, however we do plan on marrying one day here in the near future. To some this is just a Jerry Springer story, but if people were more open minded I am sure they would realize that they have made mistakes to, but were just lucky enough not to get caught. Michael pays for his mistakes each day and why should he not be entitled to happiness even behind those walls of steel. I have been the ray of sunshine of his life and he has added color to mine as well. I wake up each morning saying "God I hope I get a letter from my baby today". I know my letters are just as important to Michael. I also know that if you are reading this, there are so many inmates that would love to hear from you. It does take a lot of your time, so in a sense you have to be dedicated. I will have to send a photo as soon as Michael and I are lucky enough to have one taken. There is love out there, it is up to you to reach out and write!" - Michael Reel
From a prisoner in Chipley, Florida:
"Thank you! My ad attracted two responses within the first week of being posted. Thank you again for your services, and I am looking forward to the next year. All I can say is: I GOT MAIL!!!" - Steven White
From a prisoner in Grady, Arkansas:
"I'm very pleased with your site. I've received over a dozen responses in just a couple of months. You guys ROCK!" - Keith Cole
From a prisoner in Lovelady, Texas:
"I really think you guys are the BEST web site for prisoners out there and am really thankful for all that you do - you guys are GREAT! Take care." - Chris Amerson
From a prisoner in Tracy, California:
"I want to say thank you for all the great mail that your service has provided me. WriteAPrisoner.com has exceeded all my expectations." - Darrell Stapp
From a prisoner in Opa-Locka, Florida:
"I want you to know your web site is excellent. I've received over sixty letters. I just want to thank you all for looking out for us." - Robert Hamm
From a prisoner in Jonesville, Virginia:
"I'm writing in reference to the packet I received from your network. I must say everything went fine, the photo was good as well. I received a couple of letters on the same day of your packet. Thank you very much for your cooperation in seeking a friend for me." - Gregory Nealy
From a prisoner in Lovelady, Texas:
"I am a new member and this letter to you all is to let you know that I have received mail as of this day. I would like to thank WriteAPrisoner.com for helping us prisoners get the chance to write pen pals on the outside world." - Danny LaDay
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I found Israel on this site and started to write him just to brighten his day. Since then we have corresponded daily and started speaking on the phone. I have fallen completely in love with this man and he feels the same for me. I have met his family and have even flew from California to Texas to meet him in person. I was very nervous about our first meeting but it went perfectly. I plan on marrying this man once he is released. I am in the process of relocating from CA to TX or LA, which is my home state, to be closer to him. I will be visiting him again in a week. Thank you so very much for enabling me to find him!!!" - Israel Ibarra
From a prisoner in Ontario, Oregon:
"I want to thank you for a great service and the respect you show us. I've gotten great results from your service and I know of others who have, too!" - Jayson DeSantis
From a prisoner in Avon Park, Florida:
"I am quite pleased with your service. Your help is appreciated!" - Matthew Kaduthodial
From a prisoner in Iowa Park, Texas:
"II really appreciate y'all's service! I would like to keep my ad one more year. Thanks for all and keep up the GREAT work! God bless y'all always!" - Alex Garcia
From a prisoner in South Bay, Florida:
"I've been very satisfied with your service." - Reginald Chrispin
From a prisoner in Cumberland, Maryland:
"I have found someone very special and would like to thank your staff for making my dreams come true. Thanks again for your wonderful service. May God bless you all as I leave you in peace." - Robert Davis
From a prisoner in Boscobel, Wisconsin:
"Generally when a person becomes incarcerated he becomes susceptible to all sorts of scam businesses focused on victimizing the locked in. I've considered several other sources towards establishing pen pals. Presently I'm locked down in a supermaximum security prison. I'm talking no movement. You even shower in your living area. Compassion and a sympathetic ear... well, it's time for me to reach out. The major events that have made me choose to become a part of WriteAPrisoner.com is that another inmate here who uses your service is actually receiving letters from total strangers that are genuinely interested in corresponding with him." - James Terry
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I had decided to write someone to become friends. I had decided to write Santerrace when I read his ad and saw that he was from Fort Myers which is where I live. It was really fun for me writing him and getting to know him. Then, we realized that we have so much in common. We started growing close as soon as we got to know each other. We decided that we wanted to be together even though he is locked- up. We just wanted to say thank you for the website and being the one thing that brought Santerrace and I together. Thank you for all that you do." - Michelle Breaux
From a prisoner in White Deer, Pennsylvania:
"I am writing to thank you for your assistance in helping me to find people to write. It has been so successful I would like to withdraw my ad from the web page. I have plenty of people to write now." - James Livers
From a prisoner in Florence, Arizona:
"I just want to thank you for your services! I have met a great deal of new and interesting friends. A few I am sure to keep many, many years to come." - Gregory Araiza
From a prisoner in Olathe, Kansas:
"The response to my ad has been overwhelming! I am receiving 12 letters a day on average. Thank you so much!" - Jesse Gutierrez
From a prisoner in Atmore, Alabama:
"DA BOMB"
WriteAPrisoner.com
is the Bomb
Satisfaction Guaranteed
truly indeed.
There's no pen pal company better
because within my first two weeks
I received numerous pen pal letters...
I received letters flowing in mighty deep
I remember when I could get plenty of sleep
But now I am up all day and night slinging ink
Out of 24 hours
I only get 2 hours worth of sleep
Well, I have to go now because it's mail call
and the officer that's passing out mail
just stopped at my door, y'all.
-Willard Evans (The Poet and Philosopher)
- Willard Evans
From a pen pal on the outside:
"This is just a short note to say thank you for the service you provide. I actually came across your website by accident and randomly browsed through the ads and started writing to a prisoner in Georgia who over the past 6 months has become a very close friend. Basically, I just want to say thank you." - Paul Denman
From a prisoner in Crescent City, California:
"Just a quick note to let you know I would like to be taken off your site. I've gotten enough pen pals. So many thanks on everything." - Colby Fimpel
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"Would you please remove me from your website. Your service brought me many responses, but I've found my match. Thank you for your services." - Annette Carbajal
From a prisoner in San Luis Obispo, California:
"I am writing this letter to say "thank you." I wish to cancel my ad due to the fact I have found what I was searching for. Through your business I was able to meet the most beautiful, honest, loving, trustworthy and loyal woman of them all. I am completely satisfied, oh, not to mention in love, and now my search is over. My life is whole now that Linnie has entered. Thank you for your services!" - Ryan Verdugo
From a pen pal on the outside:
"You guys set up David Keen's webpage on 12/29, and it has already netted him 4 new correspondents. In a letter I got today (1/14), David thanked me for setting it up. We both thank you so much for your service." - Larry First
From a prisoner in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania:
"Due to the overwhelming responses, I was fortunate enough to meet a lady that offers me a high level of satisfaction and is a challenge to my mind. In light of receiving this blessing, I request that you take my ad off your site as soon as possible." - Ali Morris
From a prisoner in Bayport, Minnesota:
"I am happy to announce that I wish to have my ad removed from the net... as I have met an absolutely wonderful woman and I wish to receive replies from no one else. Thank you very much as I would not have met Karen without your services." - Lee Riutzel
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"I greatly appreciate your service... I have met someone very special and no longer need my ad ran." - Debra Gentry
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I, Miss Antonia Fontaine, have met the man of my dreams and it's all because of WriteAPrisoner.com. I would like to thank you." - Antonia Fontaine
From a prisoner in Brooklyn, Connecticut:
"I am writing to have my ad removed from your web page. I have received enough responses now and am happy with the quality of the respondents. You have provided me with a great service." - Edward Arnold
From a prisoner in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania:
"When I first sent the money in April to be put on the web site, I thought it might be a scam. But now I write to let you know, 5 months, 2 weeks later, I found a serious soul mate. Y'all run excellent services. I had doubts!" - Lydell Kellman
From a prisoner in Polk City, Florida:
"I am a happy client of yours. I placed an ad on your web site January 1, 2002. It was the best thing I ever did in my life. I fell in love with a beautiful woman in Virginia. She is an angel, sent by God to be with me. We would never have met if it wasn't for your web site. I thank you so much." - Ronnie Lusk
From a prisoner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
"I believe I have found my soul mate! I also wanted to thank you for your services in helping me find her! No doubt I am going to spread the word on how WriteAPrisoner.com is not a scam, but the real thing! And again, thank you all!" - Andy West
From a pen pal on the outside:
"Hi, my name is Laura Jeffes, and I felt compelled to write you after meeting John through your website. Never in a million years would I have dreamed that I could do something like this, but I have and I could not be happier and it is only because of your website." - Laura Jeffes
From a prisoner in Buckeye, Arizona:
"Please let me thank you for a wonderful service. I have met a lot of great people because of you. One woman...has become my fiancée. She's that special someone you meet once in a lifetime. It is because of you that we were able to connect." - Jeremy Lee
From a prisoner in Lee County, Virginia:
"May your company continue to give couples a good start... Thanks very much for bringing me close to a good woman. She asked me to remove my photo from your Internet service. I feel this may work, so I've got to go with my heart. Your company is the best." - Gregory Nealy
From a prisoner in Littleton, Colorado:
"I would like to report that I've met someone so special that it has changed my whole life! I met her through your service... and can't begin to tell you how amazing she is, but I will say that my life will never be the same. It is like I waited my whole life to meet her! I can't thank you enough for your service, but here it is anyway... THANK YOU SO MUCH!!" - John L. Weston, Jr.
From a prisoner in Pondville, Massachusetts:
"Please remove me from your website. I now have too many pen pals." - Richard M.
From a prisoner in Miami, Florida:
"I just want to say thank you for the service your company is providing. You brought a lot of peace of mind and stability to someone such as myself who had no one to correspond with. Your company has gained much respect in the prison walls!" - Tolbert Alexander
From a pen pal on the outside:
"Thank you for your site. Through you I have met a wonderful woman who is fantastic, and I plan on going to visit her as soon as my papers are approved. We have been corresponding for over a month, and upon her release I also plan on being there to whisk her away to her new home, as we are in the process of planning our lives together. Thank you again." - Bruce Cooperman
From a prisoner in Kenedy, Texas:
"Thank you for your great service in helping me receive lots of mail and meeting new, wonderful people from all over. I will continue telling prisoners here in Texas that WriteAPrisoner.com really works. Take care and God Bless." - Ciro Sifuentes
From a prisoner in Miami, Florida:
"Thank you for your added service [e-mail]. I considered your previous efforts well above and beyond, but here we go again. Thank you... I have received several letters and I have also received e-mail, which was quite a surprise to me. I've even received messages from other countries, and that is certainly a blessing. Though I haven't found that perfect someone... I do answer each letter I receive. I have no doubt that soon I will meet that special someone, and I'll be sure to keep you informed. Again, thank you very much. You are indeed greatly appreciated." - John Albritton
From the aunt of an inmate in Avon Park, Florida:
"I would like to thank you for all of your help and to let you know that he has gotten overwhelmed with pen pals... some inmates are a little jealous of it, and asked how they can get mail like that." - Robert Arsenault (aunt)
From a prisoner in Attica, New York:
"I am very much pleased with the service that you have provided. Your system is prompt, and you've provided me with all the services that you promised in your brochure. I spoke with a friend who is 'on line' and he told me that my ad is being displayed and that it looks good! One week later, I received a response from someone. I am so happy now and feel like I'm part of the world again." - Valentino Dixon
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I met Chad through your site. We start writing, then we started talking, then we met. It was Love at First Sight. We told each other we loved each other shortly after that. We are now planning to marry. Our paperwork has been turned into the Correctional facility and we are awaiting the day we are to become husband and wife. Since Chad has pulled his ad from your site; the only reason being is because of you he & I both found the love of our lives. Thank you!" - Chad Lee Wilson
From a prisoner in New Haven, Michigan:
"I have been on line now since 12-1-00 and my time is up on 2-1-02. But I would like to be taken off... now that I have found what I have been looking for, and we are already making plans to get married, so I will no longer need your services." - Willie Hunter
From a prisoner in Hagerstown, Maryland:
"The e-mail service is a big help. I have met so many new people that relate to my ad. I have 7 pen-pals so far. Thanks for being there for us that are not so lucky!" - James "Chris" Duty
From a prisoner in Leavenworth, Kansas:
"I've met someone special on your service and we are planning to get married soon. So could you please take me off the Internet as soon as possible. ...it was nice doing business with you." - Tracy Turner
From a prisoner in Deer Lodge, Montana:
"I would like to have my name removed from your wonderful site. I have met the most loving, caring, beautiful woman on this earth who I intend on marrying someday (hopefully soon). ...if it wasn't for your wonderful site, I'd never have met her. We owe it all to you. I will continue to tell my friends of your great web site..." - Aloysius Blackcrow
From a prisoner in Starke, Florida:
"I just wanted to inform you that I have been getting pen pals and got about 4 or 5 of them. Every time I receive your letters of E-mails it really puts a smile on my face." - Raynaldo Otero
From a pen pal on the outside:
" I wish to thank you for your website.....I have been writing back-and-forth with Kelley since the beginning of December 2005, and to this date have found out that we have so much in common, that when she is released, she is coming to Western Pennsylvania and we will be getting married, I recently proposed to her and she joyfully accepted. We recently spoke on the phone this past Monday April 10, 2006, and I am planning to visit her for the first time on May 9, 2006. She is a very sweet and open woman, and I just wanted to thank you for being the door that opened a very meaningful relationship between her and I. Keep up the good work!" - Rick McIntire Jr.
From a prisoner in Kenedy, Texas:
"I have met...different women all over the world...but one is my heart. She and I hit it right off. She is my Queen to be. We do plan to tie the knot when situations change for the both of us...I used to be real down, but now I'm more than happy." - Terry Williams
From a prisoner in Tracy, Georgia:
"I met a great woman through your web site... and we plan to soon be married. So thanks, guys. Never though I'd meet this kind of woman on your web site, and I consider myself very lucky. I appreciate the fact that you provided the level of service you claimed you'd provide, unlike so many other pen pal services out there." - David Williams
From a prisoner in Manchester, Kentucky:
"I have received more replies than I wanted." - Brandon Glover
From a prisoner in Lake City, Florida:
"Thank you for posting my recent ad so quickly and professionally! I have already received two letters and I'm really excited!!" - Troy Williams
From a prisoner in Lawrenceville, Virginia:
"I have found the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. Thank you." - Artoro Mendoza
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I just wanted you to know I've been involved with your pen pal program for a couple of months now, and it has been one of the most uplifting experiences I've ever had. I currently write to three different inmates and recently opted to add two more to the fold! Each person is unique; each has his own story to share. What's most important for those of us on the outside to remember is that we benefit as much, if not more so, as the souls that are behind the walls. I am very happy that I was watching television at the precise moment your program was being featured. I really feel as though it was God calling my attention to a wonderful opportunity to do something compassionate and caring for someone else-and I'm happy I heeded the call. Thanks to all of you for creating this program. It's just awesome and I feel so privileged to have discovered it." - A.J. Starr
From a prisoner in State Farm, Virginia:
"Please take my ad off the Internet entirely. I have found someone very special. Thank you for your assistance." - Billy Ray Seal
From a prisoner in Raiford, Florida:
"I'm still very happy with your site and have met a lot of good people. One of my pen pals even came to see me all the way from California." - LaJuan Clemons
From a prisoner in Mt. Sterling, Illinois:
"Your company has made these hard times become more easy to deal with by all the mail I've been getting. Your service is tops in the joint ." - Sammy Georgakopoulos
From a prisoner in Lawrenceville, Virginia:
"Through your service, the world has come to me! I have made plenty of Christian friends, and they visit me also. I am also able to preach the Gospel to the non-believers and give them hope. Thank you!" - Damien Lucas
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I was very timid about writing to an unknown person in prison. But years ago, I had a friend who ended up in a Federal Facility and I remember him telling me how much my letters helped pass the time. So, I decided to take the chance and have been writing to two wonderful, loving, caring, sweet men in the California system. One of these men, I've come to know and love will all my heart. He lost his wife just a few weeks before I lost my husband and we are finding we have so much more in common. Thank you for the wonderful service you provide." - Terry McGinnis
From a prisoner in Coleman, Florida:
"Thank you for being of service to me, and continue to do the good work you have been doing for people that are in a similar situation like me." - David Hyatt
From a prisoner in Corcoran, California:
"The ad has been a true spirit lifter so far. I can't begin to thank you and the staff enough." - Christopher Anstine
From a prisoner in Corcoran, California:
"Thank you all sincerely for helping generate some kind of mail! I've received so far a total of seven pen pals. I must tell you all, your site is helping a substantial amount of people." - Markell Campbell
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"I just want to express my gratitude towards your company. I have met dozens of people. Thank you. Your site has been very good to me as I have found some very special friends." - Machelle Brown
From a prisoner in Kenedy, Texas:
"I really appreciate the way you all take care of your business. I already found a good female that I can kick it with." - Andy Rangel
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I started writing one of your former subscribers a few months ago and I would like to thank you folks for the opportunity to get to know her. She is an amazing lady and upon her release this year, we will be spending the rest of our lives together. Thank you very much!!!" - Don Marsolek
From a prisoner in Cumberland, Maryland:
"I have found someone I wish to share my thoughts and dreams with, and we both are happy with each other. Thank you for your assistance in helping me find this nice lady. Your aims are high, and your system really works." - Darnell Roberts
From a prisoner in Manchester, Kentucky:
"I have found the lady that I want, and we are getting along very good. I do want to thank you for all your help." - Gary Grasty
From a prisoner in Soledad, California:
"I want to thank you for your service. I have 2 pen pals now, and it has been good to get mail from positive people." - Victor Thompson
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"I am writing to take my ad off your site because I'm engaged to be married. Thank you so much for helping me find the love of my life. I could never thank you enough. Your site is good, keep up the good work." - Kelly Zapata
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I met Dwain by luck. I was writing a paper in one of my Criminal Justice classes about prisoners and how fair the justice system is towards inmates. I happened to stumble upon the web site writeaprisoner.com...I thought it was a joke...but I decided to enter regardless of my feelings...I clicked on TX and all these names came up...his ad was the first one I clicked on...at first when I saw his picture I was like "Oh my God...I can't write him" but, after reading his ad...I immediately changed my mind! He sounded so smart and lonely...craving some sort of a connection...It took him about 1 month to write me back...so long that when I did receive his letter it was a big surmise...then when I went to go see him in person...I knew right then and there "I was in love"...we have been together ever since...its been over a year...we are now getting married...on Dec. 9th 2005!!! Dwain has a long time before he gets out but I don't care... I'll always be by his side! If you decided to use my story that's great...I would love to tell my story in detail to anyone who will listen! but if you don't than that is also fine by me. i just want to take this time to tell you all from wirteaprisoner.com... "THANK YOU" for this wonderful service you provide to both us "outside" and to the men and women in prison...you truly are a blessing from God!!! I final found who I am meant to be with and we are very much in love!!!" - Irene Molina
From a prisoner in Burkesville, Virginia:
"I have found my true love and plans are in the making. Thank you very much for your help." - Danny Hedrick
From a prisoner in Suffolk, Connecticut:
"I have met some intelligent, beautiful, strong minded young women. I have become very good friends with some. However, I may be in love with someone. She has been my friend for 8 months. This company, or web site, is really something! I never knew so many people cared. The person who is the owner has a heart or mind. "Bless" that person who understands what it is like to be alone..." - Carlyle Herring
From a prisoner in Miami, Florida:
"I just love what your company is doing for my life here at my time of adversity. I don't know what I would do if it wasn't for your company." - Michael Davis
From a prisoner in Hagerstown, Maryland:
"I started writing a girl back in July 2001. She visits me just about every week, and we have fallen in love." - James "Chris" Duty
From a prisoner in Craigsville, Virginia:
"I have so much success with your site." - Bennett May
From another prisoner in Kenedy, Texas who met someone special through the site:
"I have found an extremely wonderful person and am very satisfied with your services" - Alfredo Islas
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I would love to post this on your website. I wanted to say what a great
service you offer to inmates. I started my writing my inmate several
months ago. She is the one that sent in a letter to you
WriteAPrisoner.Com thanking you for your service and what a difference
our friendship has made in her life. Her name is Wanda Pruitt at Leath
Correctional. You should have received her thank you letter by now.
The best way I could share why this is such an important thing to do for
another human being is the message in the short story below:
An old man awoke just before sunrise, as he often did, to walk by the
ocean's edge and greet the new day. As he moved through the morning
dawn, he focused on a faint, far away motion.
He saw a youth, bending and reaching and flailing arms, dancing on the
beach, no doubt in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin. As the
old man approached, he realized that the youth was not dancing to the
bay, but rather bending to sift through the debris left by the night's
tide, stopping now and then to pick up starfish and then standing up to
heave them back into the sea.
He asked the youth the purpose of the effort. "The tide has washed the
starfish onto the beach and they cannot return to the sea by
themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun rises, they will die
unless I throw them back into the sea."
The old man surveyed the vast expanse of beach that stretched in both
directions beyond eyesight. Starfish littered the shore in numbers
beyond calculation. The hopelessness of the youth's plan became clear
and the old man said, "But young man, don't you realize that there are
more starfish on this beach than you could ever save before the sun is
up? You cannot possibly expect to make a difference!"
The youth paused briefly to consider the old man's words. He then bent
down, picked up another starfish and threw it as far as possible into
the sea. Turning to the old man, he said, "I made a difference to that
one!"
~ Author Unknown ~
I feel like the little boy in this story. The world is the skeptical
old man. The star fish is my friend Wanda. That's is how society can
make a difference. One person who believes they can make a difference to
one person who needs them to survive. She's a great friend and a
faithful penpal and I'm glad I met her through your service.
WriteAPrisoner.Com is truly special ministry to forgotten souls who
need a friend in there lives to encourage them and simply to care. Some
are so alone and desperately need love and friendship. People aren't
DISPOSABLE because they are in prison and not every person in prison is
guilty. I hope more people will "take a chance" on a stranded little
star fish on the shore and "make a difference" in there lives." - Margaret Ditty
Virginia Beach, VA.
From a prisoner in Corcoran, California:
"Your prompt and courteous response, as well as the information received, speaks very highly of your organization, and it's been a pleasure working with you!" - Louis A. Scott
From a prisoner in Paducah, Kentucky:
"I wanted to write...to praise you for your excellent job you have committed yourself to. I was totally surprised to get a response within a couple of weeks of the beginning of my ad. Thanks for putting me into contact with the outside world again." - Dino Mosbaugh
From a prisoner in Miami, Florida:
"I humbly thank you for your service and cooperation. You have been a great help to me and so many others. You are indeed appreciated." - Frederick Cobia
From a prisoner in Jackson, Georgia:
"This is just a short letter to say thanks for the service provided." - Curtis Osborne
From a prisoner in Gainesville, Florida:
"...your service provides the most reliable pen pal service around, plus the fact that the guys were watching me get mail through your pen pal network like crazy. I would like to thank the staff at WriteAPrisoner.com for the wonderful job in helping prisoners get noticed in the real world through pen pals. I would like to tell you that I have met a beautiful woman through your service. I'm very blessed that she found me thanks to your great service!! She overwhelms me every day with letters of care and support. Her heart is that of a thousand angels! I owe it all to you guys! So, I would like for my ad to be cancelled." - Barry K. Hall
From a prisoner in Lucasville, Ohio:
"I'm just writing to say thanks. You guys are doing a great job, and I really appreciate the time and effort you put into getting us mail. The e-mail system you added is great!" - Gary M. Chastman
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I met my pen pal just over a year ago thanks to your website. John has spent 18 years on Menard Death Row. We have now found an attorney to take his case and hopefully on his release we will marry. Thank you for putting us in touch." - Hillary Farrow
From a prison in El Dorado, Kansas:
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From a prisoner in Cumberland, Maryland:
"I am writing to thank you for your service and to be removed from your site. I have found someone special and am hoping to maintain that relationship. Thanks again and I wish your business success and prosperity. Hopefully, I will never be in need of your services again." - Carlito P. Cabana
From a prison in Graterford, Pennsylvania:
"My name is Lexie Carter and my ad started on 05-01-02. I would appreciate your ending it as soon as you can. It has been great and did exactly what I was hoping it would do - find me a great friend! She is keeping me pretty busy in the letter writing department and I don't want to be the cause of some other prisoners missing out on what I've got - a great friend! So, I would appreciate it if you would cancel my ad as soon as possible...It's been great working with you and I do thank you a million for making my ad a successful one!" - Lexie
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I think what you're doing is great. People must realize that we as humans make mistakes in life. God is the only one who can judge. Please don't get me wrong, people who commit offenses need a punishment; however, they need not be forgotten." - Michelle
From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
"I have found my soul mate. Your service is the best. My soul mate and I are getting married soon and I would like for you to take me off of the Internet. My mission is complete. Thank you very much for your service. I greatly appreciate all of your help and support." - Tanisha
From a prisoner in Cumberland, Maryland:
"I would like to have my name and webpage removed from your website. I have found someone very special and would like to thank your staff for making my dreams come true. Thanks again for your wonderful service. May God Bless you all as I leave you in peace." - Robert Davis
From a prisoner in Florence, Colorado:
" I am writing to inform you that I've found a compatible companion and would like to be taken off the web please. I would like to give my blessings and most gratifying thanks to you and those people that made all this possible. Thank you so very much." - Alvin Dunn
From a prisoner in Iowa Park, Texas:
"Hi! I just want to ask you to please take my ad off the website. I have found a woman I plan and hope to marry. So, can you please take my ad off? I thank you for the help in finding my beautiful lady. I wish you all the best with your wonderful company! May God bless you always!"
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I found not only a pen pal, but an amazing friend! I will be visiting her soon and we do have plans for the future. Without your website, I would not have met such a wonderful person. Thank you for what you do. Many people in the free world do not understand why one would want to contact an inmate, but I am happy I never listened because now I have someone who makes me very happy and is more honest, caring, and loyal than most I have met who are not in prison." - Leslie
From a prisoner in Leesburg, New Jersey:
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From a prisoner in Gatesville, Texas:
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From a prisoner in Manchester, Kentucky:
"I am writing to inform you that I would like to have my ad removed from your site. I have received more replies than I can answer and no longer want to meet new people from the Internet. Therefore, I would appreciate you removing my ad as soon as possible. Thanking you in advance." - Brandon Glover
From a prisoner in London, Ohio:
" My name is Chad Graves #412-147. I have been a member now since 04/01/02. Anyway, my mom found your website and asked me if I was interested. At first I was skeptical and believed that this was some sort of scam. Boy was I wrong! I wanted to thank you for your services. When I got locked up I had no one to write, but through your site I now have several pen pals and one really good friend. But through your services I have also met someone special. Our friendship so far has blossomed into a beautiful flower so to speak! It looks like we may end up being more than just friends. Personally, I believe through your "HELP" , I have found my soul-mate! Again, I just want to thank you for your incredible website. I will continue to recommend it to my fellow convicts and to people on the streets as well. Anyway, since I have that special woman, I would like to take my ad off of the site. Again, thank you. Thank you so much for your website!!!" - Chad Graves
From a prisoner in Gainesville, Florida:
"I would like to thank the staff at WriteAPrisoner.com for a wonderful job in helping prisoners get noticed in the real world through pen pals. I have met a beautiful woman through your service. She is the most wonderful woman a man could meet! She is the most independent, responsible, honest, loving, caring, loyal, faithful woman that I've waited a lifetime to meet! I'm very blessed that she found me thanks to your great service! She overwhelms me everyday with care and support! Her heart is that of a thousand angels! I owe it all to you guys! I spread the good word that you provided the most reliable pen pal service, plus the fact guys were watching me get mail like crazy. Now I have one last request - I would like my ad to be cancelled. I've thought about it and decided I no longer need it. Also, out of respect for my beautiful lady. Thank you again sooo much!" - Barry Hall
From a prisoner in Burkeville, Virginia and his wife:
"I recently placed an add with you to get your help in finding that "special" someone in my life. Well in just a few weeks I received a letter from a beautiful lady named Lee Ann from Virginia Beach, VA, just a few hours from where I am now. Her letters and words captured my heart and as of the 21st of April, it is our 1 month anniversary, and we are engaged to be married. I just wanted to say thank you from the both of us, and especially me because without your help I wouldn't have found the one "true love of my life". She is my heart and I live for her each and everyday. She is a part of me, that makes me who I am today. I could not live without her in my life. Her heart beats inside of me and fills me with love that I've never felt before in my life. I can't even begin to explain how much I love her and honestly I don't think there are words to explain it. I thank God for her in my prayers every night and I ask Him to watch over her and keep her safe because without her I am nothing. So to you WriteAPrisoner.com, thank you. You have made a lonely man who thought he would never find love again the happiest man on this earth. We have a love that is truly unbreakable because of you. TO MY FIANCé, Lee Ann, I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEAR." - Daniel Hedrick
We recently received this letter from Danny's soon to be wife, Lee Ann:
My name is Lee Ann and a good friend of mine is engaged to a man that is in prison and she has stood by his side for the past year and a half. I have seen how happy they are. Also, another friend of mine met a guy in prison and they are happy and in LOVE. Well, I decided to surf "writeaprisoner.com" and came across Danny Ray, so I wrote him and he wrote back. Well the intensity of feelings in our letters was beyond words....we actually "fell in love" by writing and getting to know each other. Then we spoke on the phone. That was it...I broke down in tears the first time I heard his voice. We were meant to be. That is all I can say. I LOVE him and he LOVES me. When we met in person, it was like "stars" our eyes locked and there we were. Need I say more? And that first kiss was like "fireworks". Well, we are planning our lives together. This man has touched me and I have touched his heart like no other couple could imagine. As soon as he gets out, we will have the Cinderella wedding that Danny Ray wants for me and we will live our lives together happily ever after. Every Sunday when I go to see him "we" long for the next Sunday. True Love is what we have!!!
From a prisoner in Tamms, Illinois:
"Please take my ad off as soon as possible! Thanks! I have found the woman of my dreams. I will highly recommend you. Again, thank you." -Roberts Higgins
From a prisoner in Boscobel, Wisconsin:
"Thank you. You can take my name off the website now. I'm close to a good friend now. Thank you in helping me find a friend." -K.H.
From a prisoner in Portage, Wisconsin:
"I thank you for the services your company has provided. Because of you, I have found the love of my life and since she has come into my life, I have been blessed in so many ways. I have met many interesting people whom I have enjoyed corresponding with, learning about and more. But most of all, I am thankful to have met this wonderful woman, and again, I appreciate your services."
From a prisoner in Hagerstown, Maryland:
"Please remove my pen pal ad from your website at your earliest convenience. I am making this request because I have met a wonderful woman and I am very satisfied. I would like to thank you for offering such a worthwhile service and for helping those of us on the inside through these hard times. Thanks again! Peace" -Theodore Howard
From a prisoner in Kenedy, Texas:
"I would like to thank you for your services. I would like to have my name removed from your list. I have found an extremely wonderful person and I am very satisfied with your services. Thank you very much!" - Alfredo Islas
From a prisoner in Atlanta, Georgia:
"I'm writing you a very serious letter. I really need my name removed from WriteAPrisoner.com immediately. I have found a great woman and we are planned to wed in February. As soon as you get this letter, please, please, please remove my name. She said that she's going to check it Friday. I assured her that my name would be removed. Also, could you let me know that it's been removed? I'm endorsing your service and many more inmates will be doing business with you." - Albert Jones
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I just wanted to thank you for having this site. I have met this wonderful man from here. We finally got to meet for the first time on March 12th. We have fallen in love and have so much in common. He is really a great person. Thank you!!! - Lynn Hill
From a prisoner in Arcadia, Florida:
"Since last year I've been online with your company and I'm very satisfied with the results. Amongst the many interesting people who responded to my ad, I've found my ideal mate who will be there for me upon my 2004 release. So out of respect for her, please remove my ad from WriteAPrisoner.com ." In honor of your fabulous service, I've decided that if she gives me a son, I'll name him "WriteAPrisoner.com" and if a girl? "WriteAPrisoner.com!" "WriteAPrisoner.com Kaduthodial" - It has a nice ring to it, huh?! Again, thank you so much for your great service!" - Matthew V. Kaduthodial
From a prisoner in Newark, New Jersey:
"I want to thank you for assisting me in finding the most beautiful woman in the world. I feel safe to say that you can now take my name off your website! Your services have been an honor!" Yahya Mtima Kamau
From a prisoner in Lake City, Florida:
" I'm writing to ask that you remove my ad from your site! I have met someone special! Thank you for your great service! If at all possible I'd like to know once my ad has been removed. Thank you for your time." - David Keen
From a prisoner in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania:
"When I sent the money in April to be put on your website, I suspected that it may be a scam. But now I write you 5 months and two weeks later to let you know that I have found a soul-mate. She's a beautiful woman who I care about and am making serious plans with. Please take me off the website." - Lydell Kellam
From a prisoner in Malone, New York:
"I have to say that being on WriteAPrisoner.com has been the best thing that happened to me in two years. I told a lot of people about WriteAPrisoner.com. I found what I'm looking for, so please take my ad off the site." Ryan Lawes
From a prisoner in White Deer, Pennsylvania:
"I am writing to thank you for your assistance in helping me to find people to write. It has been so successful that I would like to withdraw my ad from the site. I would appreciate you removing my ad as soon as possible, as I have plenty of people to write now." - James Livers
From a prisoner in Polk City, Florida:
"Hello, my name is is Ronnie Lusk, AKA, Darlin. I'm a handsome young redneck who enjoys Southern Rock and Blues music. I have an uncanny ability to make most anyone smile, with the precious gift to show love and passion with a simple look of my exquisite sky blue eyes. However, I am no longer available. Sorry ladies!!! I have fallen in love with a pen pal. One heck of a beautiful, lovely, flawless face, sexy young lady named Champagne Red, from the hills of Virginia. Her charming smile, hillbilly accent, and unconditional love, she has so preciously given, have forced my heart into a lifetime of commitment. There's no way ol' Mr. Webster could justly convey or define how much I love her." - Ronnie Lusk
From a prisoner in Lawrenceville, Virginia:
"Please discontinue my service. I wish to take my ad off of the website. I have found the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. Thank you."
From a prisoner in White Deer, Pennsylvania:
"I would like for my ad to be removed. I was very happy with your services. I met someone I fell in love with, so thank you. Please remove my ad as soon as possible." - Jason Moorehead
From a prisoner in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania:
"I'm currently on your website and due to the overwhelming responses, I was fortunate enough to meet a lady that offers me a high level of meaning and is a challenge to my mind. In light of receiving this blessing, I request that you take my ad off your site as soon as possible. I thank you for your time and patience." - Ali
From a prisoner in Jonesville, Virginia:
"Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May your company continue to give couples a good start. Thanks very much for brining me close to a good woman. She asked me to remove my ad from your Internet service. So, I'm asking you to please respect my wish. I feel this will work so I have to go with my heart. Your company is the best if you were to ask me. I'll promise to put your company with some friends who will join. So without anymore delay, please remove me from your service." - Gregory Nealy
From a prisoner in Bayport, Minnesota:
"I am happy to announce that I wish to have my ad removed from the net. I no longer require services from WriteAPrisoner.com as I have met an absolutely wonderful woman and I wish to receive replies from no one else. Also, I am going to be released from Stillwater on February 20th. So, if you would please me remove my ad. Thank you very much as I would not have met Karen without your services." - Lee Riutzel
From a prisoner in Cresaptown, Maryland:
"This letter is to inform you that I would like for you to remove my ad from your website immediately. I wish to inform you that my request does not have anything negative to do with your website. In fact, I have found someone I wish to share my thoughts and dreams with. Thank you for your assistance in helping me find this nice lady. I wish you and your company more continued success. Your aims are high and your system really works. Thanks for everything" -Darnell Roberts
From a prisoner in Burkeville, Virginia:
"Please take my ad offline entirely. I have found someone very special . Thank you for your assistance."
From a prisoner in Marquette, Michigan:
"I hope all is well with you. I'm writing this in regard to an ad I have placed with you. Although my time is not up, I would to have my ad pulled as I have found someone that I am very happy writing and do not wish to write anyone else now. Thank you for your time and help. I highly appreciate your help! If you can, would you drop me a note and let me know my ad has been pulled? Thank you very much." - Lee Sisman
From a prisoner in Marquette, Michigan:
"I am writing to say thank you for your services. I have found a very beautiful intelligent woman who is sincere and has a warm heart. And even if she stops corresponding with me tomorrow, I am content with what she has already given me. I would like to be removed from your website. Yes, I do understand that I will not be refunded!!! I will highly recommend your service to anyone who is interested. Again, thank you for your services..." - R. Stewart
From a prisoner in Leavenworth, Kansas:
"Hello! Well, this letter is short and to tell you that I met someone special on your service and we are planning to get married soon. So would you please take me off your site as soon as possible? Thank you, and it was nice doing business with you." - Tracy
From a prisoner in Texarkana, Texas:
"I am so pleased and grateful with your services that I don't know where to start. The main reason I decided to use your services was because of my hobby, stamp collecting. I wasn't looking for anything else because I was convinced it couldn't happen. I have never been more mistaken in my life. There was someone very special and understanding looking for me. There are no words that describe this woman. Because of all of her qualities, I tried to discourage her. Advised her to look for someone else out there. She simply refused to go away, convinced that we are made for each other.
We enjoy writing and talking on the phone so much that I've lost interest in my hobby. I don't have the desire to answer anymore letters. However, I assure you that no letters went unanswered. I took the time to write to everyone who wrote me. I give you the most sincere thanks and asked that my ad be removed. Let someone else have that space and hopefully, they'll be as luck as I am. Again, thank you for your services. I'm positive that I will never need you again. I'm very satisfied. You delivered what you promised and more. Keep up the good work and the best of luck to all who use your site!" Bengilio Vasquez
From a prisoner in Littleton, Colorado:
"I am writing to request that my ad be taken off the internet. I have met the one person that I'm truly content to be with. I'm completely satisfied with your service."
From a prisoner in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania:
"The reason why I am contacting your office is to let you all know that I believe I have found my soul-mate! I also wanted to say thank you for your services in helping me find her! No doubt I am going to spread the word on how WriteAPrisoner.com is not a scam but the real thing! And again, thank you all!" Andy West
From a prisoner in Littleton, Colorado:
"I am writing you this letter to give you an update, and to make a request. First, I would like to report that I've met someone so special that it has changed my whole life!!! I met her through your service, and she resides in the United Kingdom. I can't begin to tell you how amazing she is, but I will say that my life will never be the same. It is like I have waited my whole life to be with her! I can't thank you enough for your service. But here it goes anyway....THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Taking a chance...a little luck...and an Angel sitting on my shoulder has made all the difference! (Smile!)" - John Weston
From a prisoner in Tracy, California:
"I would like to request to have my webpage removed from your website. I met a great woman through your service about 8 months ago. Thank you so much. I never would have thought I'd meet this type of person on your website. If you forward me some more of your brochures, I'll continue to refer people to your service. I've already referred about 10 people. I appreciate the fact that you provided the level of service you claim unlike so many other pen pal services out there. So again, thank you and take care."
From a pen pal on the outside:
"I just want to give praise to God for all of you that have played a part in me meeting a very nice, sincere lady on your site. Thank you so very much, and may God bless each and every one of you for making all this possible." - Jim Johnson
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