It’s the holiday season, but many incarcerated Americans won’t get presents directly from home.https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/12/20/the-big-business-of-prisoner-care-packages?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Although there are many items families and loved ones may send from the catalogs, they are unable to send personalized gifts.
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One mother with an incarcerated son laments, “We want to love the prisoner. We don’t love their crime, but we love them… It would be so nice to send a pair of socks or something I went and picked out for him.”pic.twitter.com/cBerPNjvT3
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Ultimately, the families and loved ones of incarcerated people are left with few options and sometimes high bills.
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Joi Davis estimates that she spends $500 to $600 each month to stay in touch with her incarcerated husband via phone calls, visits, and care packages. “It eats up the money, but you don’t want your loved ones to go without,” she says.pic.twitter.com/Arnii50r0A
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Take a deeper dive into the big business of care packages for incarcerated people in our story, partnered with
@voxdotcom:https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/12/20/the-big-business-of-prisoner-care-packages?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …Show this thread
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