To stop contraband (including drugs and weapons) from entering jails and prisons, family and friends must go through private vendors to send food, clothing, and other gifts to incarcerated loved ones.pic.twitter.com/tYz22L93Ot
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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
Ultimately, the families and loved ones of incarcerated people are left with few options and sometimes high bills.
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
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 …
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