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Human Writes is a long established British organisation founded for the purpose of befriending prisoners on Death Row in the United States. Although based in the UK, we have members from many countries and our organisation is well known and internationally respected.
- Becoming a Penfriend
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which befriends people on Death Row in the USA. Contact...
- Prisoner Writing
The thread of humanity that Human Writes manages to sustain...
- In Memoriam
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- Becoming a Penfriend
Jul 23, 2024 · ‘I really felt for the people on death row so yeah, I started writing,’ Mat said. ‘I started to get letters back and well, it developed from there.’ At the beginning of 2022 there were just under 2,500 inmates on death row in the US, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Oct 3, 2018 · Why would you write to a death row inmate? While many would consider death row inmates monsters, these women describe them as friends. Helena Coxshall, from Leicestershire, and Ann Stevens, from...
- Once I Have Joined What Happens Next?
- How Is Human Writes organised?
- Can I Choose to Write to A Man Or A Woman?
- Must The Prisoner Have My address?
The secretary will allocate you to a state and the co-ordinator for that state will then be in touch with you to give you your new pen friend’s details and the rules and guidelines for writing to an inmate on death row.
Human Writes was founded in February 2000. In addition to our Founder, Secretary and Treasurer, we have a team of co-ordinators covering all of the US States that still have the death penalty, plus Federal. There are also team members who produce the newsletter, run the money order and stamp shop, deal with publicity and advertising, organise the a...
There are comparatively few women on death row. You can ask your co-ordinator if there is a female inmate waiting for a pen friend but there is no guarantee that that would be possible.
Most members who join have no concerns about their prisoner friend having their home address. This is something that could be discussed with your state co-ordinator. For an application form that you can print out, click here. Requires Adobe Acrobat, which can be downloaded here. If you would like to contact us regarding membership, please visit our...
Oct 3, 2020 · We support and befriend people on death row in the United States, through letter writing and email. Founded in 1988, we are the first established organisation of its kind.
Mar 22, 2015 · There continues to be a wide range of reasons people write death row inmates. As I am sure you realize, some of the correspondences by family members. Other correspondence is by curiosity...
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The thread of humanity that Human Writes manages to sustain with men and women on death row is a profound contribution to keep alive the hope of life. Capital punishment is now on the retreat in America, but the numbers awaiting their fate are still very considerable.
