Letters for Liberation
@letters4liberation.bsky.social
Letters For Liberation (FKA Abolition Apostles) is a 100% volunteer-run national abolitionist jail and prison pen pal collective. Since our inception in 2019, 4500+ inside pen pals have connected with an outside pen pal!
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We are Letters for Liberation, and while we're new to Bluesky, the work we're doing is not. Our mission is to spark and support meaningful connections between people inside and outside prison in a way that transforms us all, rooted in our abolitionist belief that no one is disposable.
Interested in expanding your community? We hold regular orientations to onboard new pen pals, so we can match more people inside and outside the prison system to connect through letter-writing. No registration required — check out our website (linked below) for the details on how to join the call!
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Interested in expanding your community? We hold regular orientations to onboard new pen pals, so we can match more people inside and outside the prison system to connect through letter-writing. No registration required — check out our website (linked below) for the details on how to join the call!
Did you know? Many prisons provide tablets for people to access ebooks, podcasts, movies, etc. But content is often limited & comes with a price.
Our most recent newsletter (🔗⤵️) goes into more detail on the use of tablets in U.S. prisons. Ask if your pen pal has experience with this type of tech.
Our most recent newsletter (🔗⤵️) goes into more detail on the use of tablets in U.S. prisons. Ask if your pen pal has experience with this type of tech.
October 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Did you know? Many prisons provide tablets for people to access ebooks, podcasts, movies, etc. But content is often limited & comes with a price.
Our most recent newsletter (🔗⤵️) goes into more detail on the use of tablets in U.S. prisons. Ask if your pen pal has experience with this type of tech.
Our most recent newsletter (🔗⤵️) goes into more detail on the use of tablets in U.S. prisons. Ask if your pen pal has experience with this type of tech.
Incarceration is an unhealthy system built to isolate, not to reform. We support the humanity and human rights of all people in prison.
Even corrections officers have described how the Cuyahoga County Jail’s conditions impact their physical and mental health.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
Months Without Sunshine: The Unbearable Darkness of Jail
Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Incarceration is an unhealthy system built to isolate, not to reform. We support the humanity and human rights of all people in prison.
Too often, folks on the outside forget that the people in prison are just that: people.
The work of abolition defies the prison industrial complex and demands our community members are treated with dignity and humanity.
#EndSolitaryConfinement #PrisonLivesMatter
The work of abolition defies the prison industrial complex and demands our community members are treated with dignity and humanity.
#EndSolitaryConfinement #PrisonLivesMatter
Becoming ever more common in Missouri, heat emergencies create dangerous conditions inside prisons with limited or no air conditioning.
Untreated heat exhaustion and heatstroke can lead to organ failure, permanent neurological damage, and even death.
Untreated heat exhaustion and heatstroke can lead to organ failure, permanent neurological damage, and even death.
These Missouri Prisons Get ‘Brutally Hot.’ In Solitary, It’s Even Worse.
A recent class action lawsuit from the MacArthur Justice Center sheds light on how extreme heat creates life-threatening conditions for those in solitary confinement.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Too often, folks on the outside forget that the people in prison are just that: people.
The work of abolition defies the prison industrial complex and demands our community members are treated with dignity and humanity.
#EndSolitaryConfinement #PrisonLivesMatter
The work of abolition defies the prison industrial complex and demands our community members are treated with dignity and humanity.
#EndSolitaryConfinement #PrisonLivesMatter
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“We criminalize low-level, often harmless, conduct, sweeping in millions of people in ways that have flown beneath the radar.”
Revisit our New Thinking #podcast episode featuring Alexandra Natapoff, professor at Harvard Law School, on the realities of misdemeanors in the US criminal justice system.
Revisit our New Thinking #podcast episode featuring Alexandra Natapoff, professor at Harvard Law School, on the realities of misdemeanors in the US criminal justice system.
Misdemeanors Matter #2: Alexandra Natapoff on a Legacy of Injustice - Center for Justice Innovation
Alexandra Natapoff calls the misdemeanor justice system a "quiet behemoth": making up four of every five criminal cases in the U.S., neglected by scholars and reformers, and potentially harming those ...
www.innovatingjustice.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“We criminalize low-level, often harmless, conduct, sweeping in millions of people in ways that have flown beneath the radar.”
Revisit our New Thinking #podcast episode featuring Alexandra Natapoff, professor at Harvard Law School, on the realities of misdemeanors in the US criminal justice system.
Revisit our New Thinking #podcast episode featuring Alexandra Natapoff, professor at Harvard Law School, on the realities of misdemeanors in the US criminal justice system.
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Expanding access to treatment and reducing incarceration makes our communities safer.
Read about the push to expand mental health courts in @nysfocus.bsky.social: nysfocus.com/2025/10/17/m...
Read about the push to expand mental health courts in @nysfocus.bsky.social: nysfocus.com/2025/10/17/m...
Lawmakers, Top Judges Push to Expand Mental Health Courts
Statewide diversion courts could keep thousands out of jail, but they'll need more investments in treatment to succeed.
nysfocus.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Expanding access to treatment and reducing incarceration makes our communities safer.
Read about the push to expand mental health courts in @nysfocus.bsky.social: nysfocus.com/2025/10/17/m...
Read about the push to expand mental health courts in @nysfocus.bsky.social: nysfocus.com/2025/10/17/m...
"The Alabama Solution" is an essential new documentary that dives deep into the realities of Alabama's #prison system. These horrors are not unique to one state in our nation's 50.
As part of the path toward #abolition, it falls on us to demand transparency, humanity, and accountability.
As part of the path toward #abolition, it falls on us to demand transparency, humanity, and accountability.
October 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The Alabama Solution" is an essential new documentary that dives deep into the realities of Alabama's #prison system. These horrors are not unique to one state in our nation's 50.
As part of the path toward #abolition, it falls on us to demand transparency, humanity, and accountability.
As part of the path toward #abolition, it falls on us to demand transparency, humanity, and accountability.
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Continuing the mail theme, for ppl wanting remote projects check out @letters4liberation.bsky.social @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social or Pushing Envelopes Chicago, all abolitionist penpal programs. Mail is SO important in jail & prison as a connection, outlet, & safety tactic.
#NoKings #NoKingsChicago
#NoKings #NoKingsChicago
October 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Continuing the mail theme, for ppl wanting remote projects check out @letters4liberation.bsky.social @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social or Pushing Envelopes Chicago, all abolitionist penpal programs. Mail is SO important in jail & prison as a connection, outlet, & safety tactic.
#NoKings #NoKingsChicago
#NoKings #NoKingsChicago
Looking for a way to explore you spiritual praxis and live your values in a system that tries to weigh us down? Consider signing up for this fantastic 8-week virtual course, run by one of our own long-time volunteers! Classes begin October 19.
Course description and registration 🔗 below ⤵️
Course description and registration 🔗 below ⤵️
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Looking for a way to explore you spiritual praxis and live your values in a system that tries to weigh us down? Consider signing up for this fantastic 8-week virtual course, run by one of our own long-time volunteers! Classes begin October 19.
Course description and registration 🔗 below ⤵️
Course description and registration 🔗 below ⤵️
"At a time when there’s increased distrust, disinformation, and division, taking the risk to be real is inspiring."
We'll be featuring content from our most recent newsletter in the coming weeks. Get a sneak peek using the link in the first comment! ⤵️
We'll be featuring content from our most recent newsletter in the coming weeks. Get a sneak peek using the link in the first comment! ⤵️
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"At a time when there’s increased distrust, disinformation, and division, taking the risk to be real is inspiring."
We'll be featuring content from our most recent newsletter in the coming weeks. Get a sneak peek using the link in the first comment! ⤵️
We'll be featuring content from our most recent newsletter in the coming weeks. Get a sneak peek using the link in the first comment! ⤵️
Our favorite season is the fall 🍂 of the prison-industrial complex.
Build community with folks on the inside by joining our pen pal program 💌 This month's open orientations are:
🍁 Oct 11 2pm ET
🍁 Oct 20 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 26 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 27 6pm ET
No registration required! 🔗 to attend is below ⤵️
Build community with folks on the inside by joining our pen pal program 💌 This month's open orientations are:
🍁 Oct 11 2pm ET
🍁 Oct 20 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 26 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 27 6pm ET
No registration required! 🔗 to attend is below ⤵️
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our favorite season is the fall 🍂 of the prison-industrial complex.
Build community with folks on the inside by joining our pen pal program 💌 This month's open orientations are:
🍁 Oct 11 2pm ET
🍁 Oct 20 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 26 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 27 6pm ET
No registration required! 🔗 to attend is below ⤵️
Build community with folks on the inside by joining our pen pal program 💌 This month's open orientations are:
🍁 Oct 11 2pm ET
🍁 Oct 20 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 26 6pm ET
🍁 Oct 27 6pm ET
No registration required! 🔗 to attend is below ⤵️
Did you know? Prison visitation lists help with more than meeting face-to-face with your inside pen pal. Check out our August newsletter for a shallow dive into the details ⤵️
September 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Did you know? Prison visitation lists help with more than meeting face-to-face with your inside pen pal. Check out our August newsletter for a shallow dive into the details ⤵️
We are Letters for Liberation, and while we're new to Bluesky, the work we're doing is not. Our mission is to spark and support meaningful connections between people inside and outside prison in a way that transforms us all, rooted in our abolitionist belief that no one is disposable.
September 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We are Letters for Liberation, and while we're new to Bluesky, the work we're doing is not. Our mission is to spark and support meaningful connections between people inside and outside prison in a way that transforms us all, rooted in our abolitionist belief that no one is disposable.