Be a Pen Pal

If you are a prisoner, or know a prisoner, who would like to communicate with a freethinking pen pal, or you would like to become a pen pal to an interested freethinking prisoner, please provide information requested below that will help us match you with a pen pal of similar interests.

  • Name
  • Date
  • Email or other address/contact information
  • Past experiences or specific interests

Read about one person's prisoner pen pal experience

We currently have several prisoners who desire a pen pal so please contact us with the above information, and any other pertinent information regarding your desires to be a pen pal. 

Also, if you decide not to become a pen pal, would you contact us to let us know why as this might help us to design a pen pal program that will interest more people. 

Disclaimer 

The Freethought Books Project has not investigated, and accepts no responsibility for, the truth or accuracy of any statement made by correspondents or imprisoned pen pals. We strongly recommend that you take appropriate cautions when corresponding with the incarcerated persons you have come into contact with via the Freethought Books Project's pen pal program.  We encourage that you use a P.O. Box when maintaining contact with the incarcerated via postal mail.

In no event will the Freethought Books Project be responsible for any incidental, consequential, exemplary, or other damages arising from or relating to the use of our pen pal program. Potential correspondents are encouraged to verify information about imprisoned pen pals through additional sources, such as state and federal correctional databases.  You can directly contact the correctional facility in which the convicts are incarcerated.  You will interact and correspond at your own risk.