Prisoners Say Thank You

I would like to thank you for the wonderful choice of books you have sent to me. They are very wonderful and I have shared them with my cellie and he as been reading the book titled “The American Promise.” I on the other hand have been busy reading “The Places in Between” by Rory Stewart. Very nice.

- a prisoner from Lebanon, OH

I would like to thank you before hand on my behalf and on behalf of all prisoners who thirs for knowledge but unfortunately do not have the means to “quench” such needs. The services you provide is of great value especially today when the recidivism rate is at it’s highest. If possible any of these books would be of immense use, not only to me but also to those who seek to enlighten themselves in this institution.

- a prisoners from Teenton, NJ

Thanks to your organization’s goal of providing offenders with books an d other reading material, offenders are able to open their minds and learn new and positive ideas, occupy th long empty hours with fantasy and most importantly subject themselves to new ways of thinking. With the economy’s failure, the department of corrections has cut programs which include the library and reading materials. Newspapers, books and magazines have been reduced or eliminated, leaving inmates with the absolute bare minimums. I hope you and your fellow workers which make this program work truly understand the value of your hard work and efforts. Although inmates often do not express appreciation, I can assure you the service you provide to inmates is both

- a prisoner from Green Bay, WI

The world would be a better place if we had more people like you. A home where no neighbor would ever go without if we all did what we could do In here people are dying Ms P. It's like slow death at a rapid pace Overwhelming you from the inside till your outside deteriorates When that happens, usually most give up Judge giving 400 year sentences when a 16 year old's life has just begun I've never experienced anguish like this or the sadness I do now As your faced with more than physical pain when your soul is locked down I just which I could reach out and touch people. Give as you've given me Make their Christmas just as special as the dictionary you send for free I know these words could never amount to all the gratitude I have in my heart I just hope when you get this card you can see the light of my smile even when its coming from the dark.

I would like to express my appreciation for your kindness and dedication to putting substance back into the word "corrections", also for assisting me thru such trying times with tools to free myself mentally. Thanks for unlocking the gates.

Greetings my friend. While sitting here in this boring cell I just received the books that you sent to me. I'm so proud of you all for providing me with reading material. That's all I do is read here in this twilight zone. Slavery and Malcolm X are my favorite topics. I hope you all continue to send me books. It's a blessing from God that I had got to know you. The books surely help ease the stress. I thank you so very much.

You all are like family to me. I will take that Malcolm X book with me to my grave.

I will probably leave prison in the next 2-3 months. I certainly thank you for the many wonderful and highly enlightening books you folks were so kind and generous to send me. I doubt I'll ever get to Boston to meet and thank you personally & properly, but know this for certain, I'll take with me the kindness & the memory you wonderful folks gave to me. I will take that with that will be the knowledge insight & thirst for gnosis that was ignited & well fueled from and through all those wonderful book you sent to me.

I would like to offer my sincere gratitude for the books I received from the Lucy Parsons Center. There are no words that can describe the feeling an inmate gets when he realizes someone on the outside cares enough about him to send him some reading material. It's organizations like yours that give us inmates hope and inspiration to become better people by reaching out to others in need.

When I was a child, I had "invisible friends" to help me through the times when I was lonely. Now old an alone in my cell, you are kind of like one of those friends. Thanks! I hadn't received any mail for weeks and tonight when I felt almost desperate for a letter, I got your card saying books were on the way and it made all the difference to know someone I had never seen cared enough to do something like that.

I wanted to thank you for the Spanish learning book and the Spanish/English dictionary. I received them yesterday and started the workbook right away but the dictionary has been has been put to use constantly since it arrived. Now I can communicate with all the guys I try to help. Thank you so very much.