Category: Projects

More schools less prisons! Do the math!
We at PRISON CALL DEALS are still excited that Proposition 47 passed in California, and we loved the campaign. That's why we're dedicating today's post to the great campaign posters - very effective! Take a look and see for yourself.   [caption id="attachment_419" align="aligncenter" widt ...
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One woman’s battle to bring her inmate closer to home
We at PRISON CALL DEALS are inspired by stories of families providing support to their inmates - one such story features Meg McCarthy, a graphic designer and advocate for prison reform, who has been invited to serve on the Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform's board of directors. Her husband, Ric ...
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Is it possible to become a better mother while serving time in a maximum security prison?
Is it possible to become a better mother while serving time in a maximum security prison?   This is a seemingly impossible question, a contradiction in terms. But a very relevant question though - because 80% of female prisoners in the US are mothers of school-age children.   & ...
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Massive elderly population in US prisons
We at PRISON CALL DEALS strongly believe in prison reform, and are saddened by this touching video about the massive elderly population in prison Dying inside: Elderly in prison     Long sentences that were handed out decades ago are catching up with the American justice system. ...
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When There is an Idea, There is a Way!
Did you know that the United States imprisons a higher percentage of its people than any other country in the world? Also, statistics shows that people of color are imprisoned at over ten times the rate of white people.     Did you know that, currently, nearly seven out of ten pri ...
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Parents in Prison
Reading articles from our BUZZ SECTION you have realized that we at PRISON CALL DEALS write a lot about the impact of communication with inmates on family. Since having a parent in prison can be extremely difficult for children, authors of Sesame Street created a heart-breaking video - from a ch ...
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There is Something Good in Every Bad Situation!
Every member of the PRISON CALL DEALS team believes in that there is something good in every bad situation. Our fate gets stronger day by day as we discover some of the amazing stories about inmates that discovered true meaning in their lives and became a useful part of the society while serving the ...
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Prison as a tourist attraction
We at Prison Call Deals thought we would bring you a "lighter" story about prison today - from Fox News about the prison that served as the filming location for "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) that was turned into tourist attraction as it escaped demolition.   This giant building of ...
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Giving Back to Society
We at Prison Call Deals strongly believe that behind every good deed there is an even better story. That is why we were delighted to read an article from the Huffington Post about one extraordinary event that took place in August in a maximum security prison in Lancaster, California.   Th ...
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Inmates Tutoring Program
Today we wanted to write about inmate support and rehabilitation, as we've written a few times in the past few weeks.   We came across an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal, about a man with a vision - Charles W. Puttkammer, a Princeton graduate who helped found the Petey Gre ...
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