Prisoner Comments
In the course of our work we receive many prisoner comments, some of which we have posted here. We love to receive these letters because they tell us how worthwhile our efforts are!
Dear Chaplain Friedman:
A very short note to express my deepest thanks and appreciation for your thoughtfulness, and the generosity of both you and the Jewish community in providing all the wonderful items to make my Passover possible.
Again, I do appreciate your work and efforts in keeping me in mind. Thank you very much.
Respectfully,
GMS, Steilacoom, WA
Here is another letter, from a prisoner in Arizona.
Dear JPSI;
I wanted to take the time to thank you. I am in an Arizona prison for women. On this yard they do not offer any type of Jewish services. I have run into this problem the whole time I have been in prison. I fought the system for a year to recognize my religion. I was finally put in the system as Jewish. I was able to celebrate Passover to a certain extent.
I was so thrilled when I received the New Year's cards your organization sent out. It really meant a lot to me to be able to send the cards to my family and friends. It is very hard sometimes when every other religion has regular services and they can't even get a rabbi to come here. I guess I just wanted you and your volunteers to know how much the work you are doing means to someone like me. It was a great feeling to be able to wish the people I care about a Happy New Year. I would have never been able to do that if it wasn't for your hard work and dedication.
I hope this letter reaches you in good health and you and all of your hard-working volunteers have a great New Year also. What you are doing is really making a difference, especially to someone like me who can't just run out and buy a card.
Thank you again for caring and making a difference,
B.L.H.
We will continue to add letters as we receive them. Thank you all for your feedback!