Voices from the Inside
The wall doesn’t stop a voice.
Some of the truest words on this site were written in a cell. If you’re inside and something here reached you — or you’re out here carrying a letter from someone who is — send it in. Type it below, or attach photos of the handwritten pages exactly as they are. Chris spent decades behind the wall himself; these letters get read like they matter, because they do.
From inside the wall
If the book or this site reached you inside, your words may reach the next person. Letters can come through a loved one, typed or photographed.
From the ones out here
Wives, mothers, sons, friends — loving someone inside is its own sentence, and your side of the story belongs here too.
Your name, your call
First name, "somewhere in Texas," or anonymous — signed only the way you ask. Last names, ID numbers, and facilities are never published.
No way to get it online? Letters can be mailed the old way — reach out via the contact info in the footer and we’ll share the address. Made it out and want to tell that story instead? Head to Share Your Story.