Prisoner Correspondence Project

If you want to write to a q***r prisoner, but picking a specific person to write to among the hundreds of people waiting feels like a challenge - or you're not sure what you'll talk about, finding a penpal with a common interest can really help!

To help YOU, we'll be featuring members on our instagram based on a common theme

in this edition: HORROR MOVIES!

Send to your friends who love horror.

VOLUNTEER CALL-OUT 🗣️

In addition to running a pen pal program, Prisoner Correspondence Project also has an extensive resource library with more than 200 zines and pamphlets on topics ranging from jailhouse law, to safer s*x and drug use, to trans health and identity, to gay s**t. We receive anywhere from 10-30 resource requests from prisoners every week, and everything is distributed to inside members for free by our volunteers.

Join us anytime from 2pm to 6pm on July 18th as we photocopy, compile, and package resources for our comrades behind bars. You can also swing by to find out more about the project and getting a penpal!

Graphic by our lovely graphic design volunteer @!

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
QPIRG Concordia is located at 2100 Rue Guy, suite 205. There is an elevator in our building. There are two entrances. The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs.

For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #0205 to be let through the automatic doors, then take the elevator up to the second floor.

The door to our space can be opened by automated button, and swings out.
The space contains one gender-neutral, single occupancy, wheelchair accessible washroom. The door is not automated, it swings in and is pretty light.

We have masks on-site, and it is mandatory to wear one. There are also two air filters in the space. Please stay home if you have symptoms of COVID/flu.

FIND A PENPAL WITH A COMMON INTEREST

If you want to write to a q***r prisoner, but picking a specific person to write to among the hundreds of people waiting feels like a challenge - or you're not sure what you'll talk about, finding a penpal with a common interest can really help!

To help YOU, we'll be featuring members on our instagram based on a common theme

in this edition: DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS and other ttrpgs!

Send to your friends who love DnD!

📣VOLUNTEER CALL-OUT

We are looking for volunteers apply for funding! �We are looking for experienced volunteers to help us:

Research grant opportunities we may qualify for.

Provide feedback on our grant applications (we draft them, you leave comments!)

(Without using AI).

Sound like you?
Shoot us an email at info (at) prisonercorrespondenceproject.com with the subject "Grant Writing Volunteer"

VOLUNTEER CALL-OUT 🗣️

In addition to running a pen pal program, Prisoner Correspondence Project also has an extensive resource library with more than 200 zines and pamphlets on topics ranging from jailhouse law, to safer s*x and drug use, to trans health and identity, to gay s**t. We receive anywhere from 10-30 resource requests from prisoners every week, and everything is distributed to inside members for free by our volunteers.

Join us anytime from 2pm to 6pm on June 27th as we photocopy, compile, and package resources for our comrades behind bars. You can also swing by to find out more about the project and getting a penpal!

Graphic by our lovely graphic design volunteer .jbie!

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
QPIRG Concordia is located at 2100 Rue Guy, suite 205. There is an elevator in our building. There are two entrances. The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs.

For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #0205 to be let through the automatic doors, then take the elevator up to the second floor. The door to our space can be opened by automated button, and swings out.

The space contains one gender-neutral, single occupancy, wheelchair accessible washroom. The door is not automated, it swings in and is pretty light.

We have masks on-site, and it is mandatory to wear one. There are also two air filters in the space. Please stay home if you have symptoms of COVID/flu.

From an Inside Collective Member:
When my own family deserted me in February 2001, after my arrest, the people at the Prisoner Correspondence Project, on first contact, became my family. Even providing financial support once. Due to their care and kindness, I’ve not been alone. I’ve always counted on them, & the only disappointments I've experienced are the fault of the financial desert they’re in, & COVID-19.

I am from 3 to 5 times their age, & their young peoples’ educated idealism drives me, & gives me a sounding board for my own — which I’ve never lost, & the criminal justice industrial complex has not been able to crush in me.

Through their newsletter, & willingness to advocate through direct action; i.e, telephone, email, etc.; they stand between me & the administration when I have no one else, calling them on their phones & create a safety valve to release the stress caused by it because I’ve got someone who will call.
-Gavin

The Prisoner Correspondence Project is a solidarity project for2SLGBTQ+ prisoners in Canada and the United States, linking them with people a part of these same communities outside of prison. Donate to our project -- every cent goes towards supporting q***r prisoners -- or sign up for a penpal in our link in bio!

TESTIMONIAL From an Inside Collective Member: When my own family deserted me in February 2001, after my arrest, the people at the Prisoner Correspondence
Project, on first contact, became my family. Even providing financial support once. Due to their care and kindness, I’ve not been alone. I’ve always counted on them, & the only disappointments I've experienced are the fault of the financial desert they’re in, & COVID-19.

I am from 3 to 5 times their age, & their young peoples’ educated idealism drives me, & gives me a sounding board for my own — which I’ve never lost, & the criminal justice industrial complex has not been able to crush in me.

Through their newsletter, & willingness to advocate through direct action; i.e, telephone, email, etc.; they stand between me & the administration when I have no one else, calling them on their phones & create a safety valve to release the stress caused by it because I’ve got someone who will call.

-Gavin

SUPPORT US by becoming a penpal to a q***r prisoner, or donating! We are a grassroots organization and our funding goes directly to our operating costs. More information in our link in bio.