prison letters
Jailhouse written communication
Prison letters are correspondence written to or from incarcerated people.
The term often refers specifically to letters exchanged between prisoners and people outside—lovers, family, pen pals, or advocates.
Prison letters have a literary tradition as documents of confinement and resistance: Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail", the prison letters of Gramsci.
The phrase also describes the distinctive block lettering style associated with prison tattoos and graffiti.
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- pen palLong-distance letter friend
- inmateConfined facility resident
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
- cellBasic unit of life
solitary confinement · behind bars · mail · return address · stamps · envelope · censored · visiting · visiting hours · isolation · loneliness · family · hope · confession · appeal · parole · typewriter · contraband
prison lettersphone calls
Auditory telecommunication sessions
video calls · instant messaging · live chat · text messages · conjugal visits
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Romantic written messages
travel journals · wedding invitations · holiday cards · thank-you notes · birth announcements
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