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.

G.V. writing from Florida

“I learned that the CT scan report of the victim did not show any injuries which were alleged by the medical examiner. I could have received a new trial years ago based on illegitimate grounds of appeal. however, I never raised the grounds as I did not know the law back then.”

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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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The Prison Letters Project hopes for and welcomes interest from people who want to learn more about these stories.


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.