Good afternoon,
While the FDOC pretends to recognize the important role that family plays in the success of the people in their care, they keep taking steps to scar and erase the family bonds. Today, we have to plead for the simple act of reading a handwritten letter, for incarcerated individuals to hold paper in their hands, to see the little hesitations, the added smiles, and guess the emotions through the shape of the words. My husband’s letters are everything to me, and I still don’t think I can understand how much mine mean to him. This is the last tangible link, and the only place of vague privacy. Now, for the sake of a few new computers every 6 months, the FDOC is trying to take this away, and collect our data to share with a private company and its individuals.
Besides that, the amount of time it is going to take to get a “letter” to our loved ones will be extended and it is not acceptable when e-mails will then be the only way to reach them. FL Prisons and JPay have already proven themselves unfit to provide working material and handle the emails. Just a week ago, at UCI, the guys were without Wi-Fi or decent access to kiosks for 2 weeks. Without the regular mail, this means complete cut-off from the outside and their families. Same idea when they are in confinement, can’t access canteen, and we will be unable to send them stamps and paper. Also the end of the blank greeting cards we donate so they have a semblance of holiday spirit and treat their friends.
On top of this, the FDOC wants to limit the number of pages we can send. Are you able to limit the number of feelings I need to express to my husband too?
The new rule doesn’t even take overseas mail in consideration, which shows how out of touch with reality the minds behind those rules are.
This change will not destroy whatever contraband you believe comes through the mail, it will destroy human spirits and families.
Have a nice day.
Good afternoon,
While the FDOC pretends to recognize the important role that family plays in the success of the people in their care, they keep taking steps to scar and erase the family bonds. Today, we have to plead for the simple act of reading a handwritten letter, for incarcerated individuals to hold paper in their hands, to see the little hesitations, the added smiles, and guess the emotions through the shape of the words. My husband’s letters are everything to me, and I still don’t think I can understand how much mine mean to him. This is the last tangible link, and the only place of vague privacy. Now, for the sake of a few new computers every 6 months, the FDOC is trying to take this away, and collect our data to share with a private company and its individuals.
Besides that, the amount of time it is going to take to get a “letter” to our loved ones will be extended and it is not acceptable when e-mails will then be the only way to reach them. FL Prisons and JPay have already proven themselves unfit to provide working material and handle the emails. Just a week ago, at UCI, the guys were without Wi-Fi or decent access to kiosks for 2 weeks. Without the regular mail, this means complete cut-off from the outside and their families. Same idea when they are in confinement, can’t access canteen, and we will be unable to send them stamps and paper. Also the end of the blank greeting cards we donate so they have a semblance of holiday spirit and treat their friends.
On top of this, the FDOC wants to limit the number of pages we can send. Are you able to limit the number of feelings I need to express to my husband too?
The new rule doesn’t even take overseas mail in consideration, which shows how out of touch with reality the minds behind those rules are.
This change will not destroy whatever contraband you believe comes through the mail, it will destroy human spirits and families.
Have a nice day.
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