Many doubts!

1) Your English looks okay to me.  It's a little choppy, which is understandable since it's not your first language.  I think this will not be a huge problem for you when writing inmates.
 

2) I'm not sure how a virtual mailbox would work, but most of the people here are from outside the United States and just use their own foreign home address or a PO Box service in their home country.

3) Your sexuality probably won't matter as much as being male.  Read the profiles and it should say what gender they're interested in writing.  I suscribe to the theory that men in prison are around men all the time and don't need a new one from outside.  So as a man I only write women.

4) Don't write gay men in Kentucky.  There's a big popular scam in the Kentucky system where men pretend to be gay to attract gay men and straight women to send them money.

Also don't try to hide who you are by giving a fake address or name.  That's just dishonest and you should not try to start an interpersonal relationship on lies.

Include your return address and the inmate's address (including prisoner number) on the first page of each letter.  Some prisons throw away the envelope before giving to the inmate and he needs to know how to write you back.

Profiles stay up for a year, so the longer it's been since the last renewal, the less likely it is that the inmate will respond.  That is because they are more likely to have pen pals already.  Don't let that stop you from trying to write them, just know the odds.

Besides that, just find an inmate you like and start writing.  Don't get hung up on the fact that he is in prison.  Just act like you're writing a normal person living in a really shitty hotel out in a foreign land.

Zarchery! Thank u so much for help me and answer my questions! =)

 

I'll start writing right now :)

Your English is defintely better than you would get from, say, translating your native tongue through Google translate.  Since you're Brazilian, I am going to run my original post through Google Translate to have it translate to Portuguese.  You can decide how much sense it makes.

 

1) Seu inglês parece bem para mim. É um pouco agitado, o que é compreensível, já que não é sua primeira língua. Eu acho que isso não será um grande problema para você quando estiver escrevendo presos.
 

2) Não tenho certeza de como uma caixa de correio virtual funcionaria, mas a maioria das pessoas aqui é de fora dos Estados Unidos e usa seu próprio endereço residencial no exterior ou um serviço de Caixa Postal em seu país de origem.

3) Sua sexualidade provavelmente não importará tanto quanto ser homem. Leia os perfis e ele deve dizer que gênero eles estão interessados ​​em escrever. Eu subscrevo a teoria de que os homens na prisão estão ao redor de homens o tempo todo e não precisam de um novo de fora. Então, como homem, eu só escrevo mulheres.

4) Não escreva homens gays em Kentucky. Há um grande golpe popular no sistema de Kentucky, onde os homens fingem ser gays para atrair homens gays e mulheres heterossexuais para lhes enviar dinheiro.

Também não tente esconder quem você é, dando um endereço ou nome falso. Isso é apenas desonesto e você não deve tentar iniciar um relacionamento interpessoal com mentiras.

Inclua seu endereço de retorno e o endereço do preso (incluindo o número do prisioneiro) na primeira página de cada carta. Algumas prisões jogar fora o envelope antes de dar ao preso e ele precisa saber como escrever de volta.

Os perfis permanecem por um ano, então, quanto mais tempo se passou desde a última renovação, menor a probabilidade de que o preso responda. Isso é porque eles são mais propensos a ter amigos de caneta já. Não deixe que isso te impeça de tentar escrevê-las, apenas conheça as chances.

Além disso, basta encontrar um preso que você gosta e começar a escrever. Não fique preso ao fato de que ele está na prisão. Apenas aja como se você estivesse escrevendo uma pessoa normal vivendo em um hotel de merda em uma terra estrangeira.

Makes a lot of sense! Somethings wrong, but okay! I think Google Translate improve your system at all

By the way, I already started write to a inmate! Thanks a lot for your help :)

I'm thinking of using JPay, it's look like a good stuff to get in touch with a inmate

Hi there, you mentioned 'virtual' mailbox, you can actually get one on jmail.cc in California, I'm using it myself since I'm from overseas. JPay is fast and convenient, but they don't have it in every state.

Thanks to much for this tip!

I already provided one! =)

I wrote to someone who appears to be gay in Kentucky. His profile-text seemed quite honest to me, however I am aware even that can be decieving. I am bisexual, however I didn't mention that yet. It's also not my intention to hook up with a prisoner on the other side of the world. I mentioned my occupation, my hobbies and interests, the things I recognised in his story and I wished him lots of strength and he can write me back about anything he wants.

How long can it last before I get a reply? What are the things I have to be alert on?

Zardoz, really the only thing to be on the lookout for is requests for money.  There's not a lot an inmate conning a free person can do.  So if you keep your wallet closed, there's not much to fear. 

Hey can anyone that has ever listed an inmate call me I need help listing an inmate it says profile not visible till pen-pal profile attached 4079023478

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