Prison Letters Project

Letters Database

With the permission and participation of incarcerated people who write to us, we are logging their letters into a public database.

M.K. writing from Missouri

“In my case, it appears the courts ignore the law...I have suffered many manifest injustices. Not just one. My whole case has been fundamentally unfair and [unjust]... Several Attorneys have told me if it were any other type of offense besides a sex offense it would have been overturned, reversed and vacated years ago.”

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Disclaimer

Information appearing in the database reflects our understanding of letter-writers' situations and legal claims based on our correspondence with them, and may not be complete and comprehensive.

If you are interested in learning more about a particular person's case or connecting with them, please write us at prisonlettersproject@yale.edu

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If you would like to be connected to a particular letter-writer for the purpose of providing representation, writing about their story, offering other support, or simply learning more about their case, please reach out to us using this form.

Alternatively, you can write to us at:
Prison Letters Project, c/o Emily Bazelon, Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511.