letters

If you type "Pen Pal" into Google (which I've been known to do from time to time . . .), you quickly come to pages for prison pen pals. Prisoners, not being allowed email access, are probably one of the few demographic groups in the country that still write and receive paper letters regularly.

When I went to the jail last Friday, the guy at the main desk was sorting the mail. So many letters. All the envelopes were handwritten, ballpoint pen, black and blue ink, some in block letters, some in...