• WriteAPrisoner

Overview

WriteAPrisoner has a rating of 4.19 stars from 26 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. WriteAPrisoner ranks 41st among Dating sites.

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  • Quality
    8

This company responds to reviews on average within 23 hours

Positive reviews (last 12 months): 60%
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Top Positive Review

“Great site for a great purpose!”

Kayla M.
1/16/23

I'm so grateful for writeaprisoner! I have met many wonderful inmates that are ready to change their lives and take the next step to become better people. I've been able to help pen pals connect with attorneys and civil leaders, provide them with resources for the betterment of their future and preparation for release, as well as be another form of support as they complete their sentence. Writeaprisoner is a great platform for everyone!

Top Critical Review

“Waste of time and money”

$#*! y.
2/21/22

My stepson is in a California prison and asked me to look into this site. Even though it had a search feature by sex, race, and location that listed prisoners by their last name, after 15 clicks it sent me to the Cs and back to the Bs, kept reverting to Hispanic instead of African American, and sent me to the state website to actually locate him. It's worthless.

Reviews (26)

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Thumbnail of user kaylam603
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 16th, 2023

I'm so grateful for writeaprisoner! I have met many wonderful inmates that are ready to change their lives and take the next step to become better people. I've been able to help pen pals connect with attorneys and civil leaders, provide them with resources for the betterment of their future and preparation for release, as well as be another form of support as they complete their sentence. Writeaprisoner is a great platform for everyone!

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Thank you Kayla. We appreciate your support in writing those incarcerated. We know that connection is key to reducing recidivism for most inmates and can bring lifelong friendships for those inside and outside.

Thumbnail of user julianw117
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 20th, 2021

There are many pages nowadays who invite you to write prisoners, this one is surely not the worst... You just have to be careful what you say and have in the back of the head that you might be scammed for money or even just entertainment.

Tip for consumers:
Be mindful, and remember to apply the "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" saying....don't get your dreams up. And remember, since I am a male, as prettier the woman, as more replies they get.

Those people may even mean what they say, because of being locked up, yet as soon as the doors are open, things change so rapidly, you have no idea....

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Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello Julian,

Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your support.

Thumbnail of user paulaelainec
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 26th, 2022

This is my first time. Let's see if they response. But for now, I am giving them 5 stars. Thank you!

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello Paula! Thank you for your support and rating. We wish you much success in finding great pen friends!

Thumbnail of user leep426
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 27th, 2022

I have never had a problem with this Writeaprisoners site anybody I have ever write I always got a reply back. The profile are great and there is tons of info on each prisoner. Someone should give it a try and wait for a response u won't be sorry u tried and it's a great way to write someone u don't know and meet new people. Alot of guys depend on this site for friendships or maybe romance.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Thank you Lee! We appreciate your feedback and your rating. We wish you much success in finding new pen friends.

Thumbnail of user joannar147
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 5th, 2022

I went on this website looking to just communicate with someone who just needed a good listener as well as a positive friend. I was writing this inmate since August 2021 and thought things were going great for the first 2 months. I made the mistake believing that he wanted to change he was calling daily and I thought he needed a person to listen to him, so I offered to help him he never ask for anything, I sent him money and open a account so he can call, but after the last Money ordered I sent him he stop calling for about a month so I figure that was that he lied about everything and he did call, but I was already over his $#*!. He just wanted my time and more money, but I told him what I thought about him and yes he sent a photo that was about 10 years ago so who knows what he looks like now. But please be careful and aware of some of these inmates because they shoot a lot of lies and can be very manipulating it makes it bad for the ones that are sincere. Just do not send money and be very careful because some are scammers.

Tip for consumers:
to be careful and aware of who you write to

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Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello Joanna,

Thank you for your time and information. We appreciate your feedback.

Thumbnail of user naya2
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 15th, 2022

Looking for a boyfriend back at me, help me with my feelings I want someone that can take of me in that came love mee

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Keep trying

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Thank you Nay. To view all of our profiles to find someone to write, you can go to this link: https://writeaprisoner.com/search-inmates. We wish you much success in finding a new pen friend!

Thumbnail of user renatom31
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 22nd, 2021

It´s an easy and well-explained website but unfortunately don´t have feedback from the emails or letters you send it´s bad but let´s wait to see if our pals received our messages...

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello Renato,

Thank you for your time and support!

Thumbnail of user anthonyc2986
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 12th, 2024

I love worshiping praising going to church working and just talking with people about God because he is good all the time so please please let me know if you want to chat

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Thank you Carlos. We would love to help you reach out to potential pen pals. Please contact us at general-information@writeaprisoner.com or write us at WriteAPrisoner.com, PO Box 10, Edgewater, FL 32132-0010. We will be looking forward to hearing from you.

Thumbnail of user brysonm19
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 13th, 2023

I love to keep others happy as long as they do the same thing. I'm a smooth guy just got to get to know me.

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I’m a very good man that love to enjoy life and get stuff in order

Thumbnail of user evar177
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 20th, 2021

I hope to find a real friend on this site!

I liked the idea of this site - it is very kind and makes you think about the good attitude towards the prisoners.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Thank you Eva. We appreciate your support and wish you much success in finding pen-friends.

Thumbnail of user mauriceburtonmurray
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 10th, 2023

A great way to meet people to genuinely get to know. Also, a service like this helped me to meet some really cool friends when I was on the inside.

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Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Thank you Maurice! We are so happy to hear you enjoyed our website both inside and outside. We appreciate your support!

Thumbnail of user jd688
14 reviews
53 helpful votes
September 29th, 2020

This website is the primary electronic link these people have to the outside. You can write an inmate an old fashioned letter and they will get it, but this is both quicker and about the same cost.

YES, these people all need money. Many are victims of an overly aggressive legal system. Most of these are very poor people that had to rely on the "Public Defender" because they nor their family had money for representation.

If your goal is to write someone and give them some peace in a system that exploits them, then understand this. Some will ask you for money or for "stamps" to write back and you should be prepared for this. A very few have been able to make enough money from their labors over the course of time to buy an allowed tablet for writing and music. But it takes a lot of time as their pay is less than minimum wage of the 1960s.

If you are writing to find a love of your life, or wanting naughty photos or naughty talk, you are here for the wrong reason.

You should be writing to them so that they can have some normalcy in their lives and you can help another person. Think of these people as soldiers of past wars that anxiously waited for an email from family and friends

Don't forget that no matter how bad your day was, theirs was lots worse.

I wrote several women strictly as penpals, and yes I bought stamps and telephone time for some. It was not expensive and the telephone time allowed the women to talk to their children and family. One was able to rejoin her children, another found herself a boyfriend and got married while she was inside. A third will never get out, but was a nice person to talk to.

So please write one and say hello, but remember that sooner or later you will need to help financially with stamps or with phone money.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello J. D.,

Thank you so much for your information and feedback. We appreciate it!

Thumbnail of user yaarb
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 28th, 2021

It's really great to have an app like this. They may be convicted. They can be good or bad people. But they deserve to laugh as much as we do

Tip for consumers:
Yazacağınız bir mektup. Oradaki bir insanı çok mutlu edebilir. A letter to write. It can make a person out there very happy.

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Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Thank you Yasar. We appreciate your support.

Thumbnail of user ivaylon1
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 15th, 2023

The law created the prison to make a boundary between two groups of people. The site writeaprisoner.com is an unusual way to break that wall.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello Ivaylo. Thank you for your support in "breaking the wall". Working together we can continue to help those incarcerated and their loved ones.

Thumbnail of user fucky249
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 21st, 2022

My stepson is in a California prison and asked me to look into this site. Even though it had a search feature by sex, race, and location that listed prisoners by their last name, after 15 clicks it sent me to the Cs and back to the Bs, kept reverting to Hispanic instead of African American, and sent me to the state website to actually locate him. It's worthless.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello,

Our website has a basic search and advanced search. The basic search link is https://writeaprisoner.com/search-inmates. The advanced search link is https://writeaprisoner.com/inmate-search-advanced.

Thank you.

Thumbnail of user jameem8
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 2nd, 2022

I like there website very easy to use and well put together. Thank you write a prisoner for connecting people with each other.

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Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Thank you Jamee. We appreciate your support!

Thumbnail of user tanishas59
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 30th, 2022

This website should be ashamed for allowing married men who are active with their wives to cheat, manipulate connive other women. My husband is Married. Take this profile down' he's taking my hard earned money to go behind my back and do this! And we are scheduled for a family visit November 25th 2022. Elliott Singletary k*******

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Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello,

Our policy on profile removals can be found here: https://writeaprisoner.com/how-can-i-have-inmates-profile-removed-your-website-because-heshe-no-longer-wants-be-listed

Thank you.

Thumbnail of user amandag204
1 review
22 helpful votes
August 3rd, 2018

I contacted an 'inmate' just over 2.5 years ago. We've shared so much since. In September I'm flying to visit him for the first time. We don't talk about what landed him in prison we talk about everything else possibly imaginable. He's opened up my mind to how other people live, not only in prison but on the other side of the world. I'd be lost without him now. I thoroughly recommend 'Write A Prisoner'.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello,

Thank you Amanda. We appreciate your support and wish you many friendships.

Thumbnail of user silvanap32
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 21st, 2023

Ho appena inviato una lettera e attendo una risposta ma credo sia un buon sito dove parlare con un ragazzo.

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Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello and thank you Silvana P. We appreciate your support in writing to those incarcerated.

Thumbnail of user gretaj4
2 reviews
22 helpful votes
May 22nd, 2017

Great site and a wonderful cause! It's easy to navigate and helps thousands of people who would otherwise feel discarded by society.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello Greta,

Thank you for your support and time.

Thumbnail of user osamagazal1974
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 16th, 2023

I sent a month ago and did not receive any response. How do I know that the message has been received. Today I sent a message to another person and I hope next month I will find a reply. I wish I could write even once a week

Thumbnail of user lisaw1032
1 review
15 helpful votes
July 24th, 2020

Knowingly letting inmates place ads with old pictures, and knowingly advertising inmates that they know are scamming. Most of the inmates on here this it their platform to get you! Its a shame because their getting away with it, like its just such a nice thing to write someone locked up thats how u feel, but they are on here for a reason. About 80-90% of these inmates are on here to get money from women, and this company knows it, they charge them, make money off of scamming, they should be closed down! If you notice its the same inmates over and over no celebs inmates no inmates that have money or a family, just inmates that need money and dont't have families, the penpals will get left by women or men that leave them, then they have to place ads over and over!
They do it because they need money! Their are no inmates that have power just inmates with none its a scam i know first hand don't fall for the " i love you " after two weeks its impossible to love someone that quick!
They are trained at this and train young people to do what they do! See the same inmate over and over he's a con man point blank and bet your $#*! he does not look like the pic as advertised! You've been warned!

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello Lillian,

Thank you for your feedback. We have information on our FAQ page regarding writing inmates, and our policies promoting due diligence. Here is our FAQ page link: https://writeaprisoner.com/home/faq.

Thumbnail of user lg65
1 review
21 helpful votes
May 7th, 2017

Great site for helping inmates get their lives back on track before release. Useful resources for friends and family too.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello L. G.,

Thank you for your support!

Thumbnail of user mp768
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 1st, 2024

Allowing people to write to as many people as possible! A site where people are taken advantage of, a site where your PP can have multiple pen pals while the felon can promise each the sun, the moon and the stars and when you are not at their beck and call they have a back up person to fill the void.

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Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello M.P.,

We do not and cannot limit the number of replies an incarcerated person receives while in prison. We do advise pen-pals against engaging in romantic relationships; instead, we encourage pen-pals to offer friendship and support.

Thank you.

Thumbnail of user johnm276
14 reviews
203 helpful votes
October 22nd, 2015

If you want to find a friend to correspond with and give hope to, this is a good place. Don't get caught up in their drama, though. I prefer to write males on death row or who are doing life without parole. That way, I don't have to worry about them ever getting out, and they know I'm just a pen pal and not looking for romance.

Thumbnail of user lovelll1
Customer S. – WriteAPrisoner Rep

Hello John,

Thank you for your support and your information.

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