# www.inmate.com **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748 "2000-03-14T16:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/1 "2000-03-14T16:47:00Z")
Yeah, it’s a penpal site for you to write to prisoners. Boy, the women sure are pretty some of them. My friend showed it to me the other day. I would prefer [insaneasylum.com](http://insaneasylum.com) for penpals. Anyway, take a look at [inmate.com](http://inmate.com). I only mentioned it cause I think its really far out. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/2 "2000-03-14T17:28:00Z")
What a sad place. I am gonna write to some of them. I encourage the rest of you to do the same. Who knows how much something that takes so little of our time and energy could mean to one of these poor souls. I can imagine no worse fate that to be cut off from life like that. Sure they are criminals…but without human compassion/contact, what will they be when they get out? ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/3 "2000-03-14T17:39:00Z")
“What will they be when they get out?” I’m willing to bet that half of those women become spokesmodels for “Glamour Shots”. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/4 "2000-03-15T06:06:00Z")
A sad place? That was some of the funniest stuff I’ve read in a long time. > [@](#): > > I’m a college graduate, single, never married & no kids - but very marriage minded. I’m willing to relocate. Willing to relocate, eh? Nothing holding you back? Say, those metal bars? > [@](#): > > I’ll be released soon and would like a man I can come home to. There’s really no better way to start a relationship than by getting out of prison and moving in with some guy you don’t even know. > [@](#): > > I’m a very unique lady, unmistakable good style and classy, good taste… Obviously. I love what you’ve done with your cell. And that orange jumpsuit is just smashing. > [@](#): > > I am a single, white female with no kids (yet) - and up for release very soon. This is just what every available man wants to hear. All of the womens “ads” read like smarmy personals, and all the mens that I looked at (probably 8 or so) all said the same thing: “I have been falsely accused of this crime, and am seeking justice.” Gimme a break. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/5 "2000-03-15T06:07:00Z")
har-de-har har. I didnt look at the pictures… and I MEANT: what kind of human being will they… Oh never mind! \ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/6 "2000-03-15T06:13:00Z")
Kelli, think long and hard before entering into any type of relationship with a prisoner. You may be seeking to show somw compassion but it’s virtually certain that you will be exposed to levels of deceit and manipulation you cannot imagine. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/7 "2000-03-15T06:19:00Z")
Fuck 'em. They’re all losers. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/8 "2000-03-15T06:55:00Z")
They may not all be losers – but you are virtually certain to find some really outstanding con games. Tread carefully. And don’t send them any money. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/9 "2000-03-14T19:00:00Z")
Hey, if you like, you could try [www.findastalker.com](http://www.findastalker.com) instead. ---
**Author:** ![xekul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/838e76/32.png) [@xekul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xekul)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/10 "2000-03-14T19:02:00Z")
This site has more: [http://www.meet-an-inmate.com](http://www.meet-an-inmate.com) I don’t know, but some of the younger ones _are_ kinda cute… * * * ``When I was little, my mother told me not to look into the sun. So one day when I was six, I did.’’ – Max Cohen in Pi: The Movie. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/11 "2000-03-14T19:05:00Z")
kelli, I understand why you sympathize with them, but this site seems to be a match-making agency, so I would be careful in what expectations you give the people you correspond with. But I commend your good intentions. UncleBeer, I hope you were joking. ---
**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/12 "2000-03-14T19:12:00Z")
SWIM\*- Looking for CHILDREN… I MEAN! WOMEN WITH CHILDREN! AWW DAMMIT… can I try that again? ::Nope! Only one recording per prisoner:: Alright! Could we not put that in the ad? ::This is a PRIVELIDGE, Mr. Jones:: Ok, I was falsly acused of child molestation, ::NO LYING!:: YOU CAN’T PROVE ANYTHING SO SHUT UP! and I would like to PROVE it by spending time alone with your kids… in their bedroom… perhaps with my clothes off. Only to show how uninterested I am in that sort of thing. So my number is 666505-121173. Looking forward to talking to ya! - Single White Incarcerated Male 😃 * * * Where’s my side of FUN!? Kisses! Ophy ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/13 "2000-03-14T19:12:00Z")
Yeah, Arnold it was pretty much tongue in cheek, but this kind of shit does tend to stretch my patience sometimes. These people are in jail to pay their debts to society, why should I be entertaining them? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/14 "2000-03-14T19:16:00Z")
In the same way that our legal system says “the worst criminal need the best defense”, I think it’s the most screwed-up people that are most in need of a hand up and some help getting back in society. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/15 "2000-03-14T19:19:00Z")
Donnietha Bradford is: > [@](#): > > in search of a man who’s smart, honest, nonjudgmental, eccentric, energetic, one who’s not worn out from love. If you’re sincere about finding that special woman please consider your search over and write soon! What she doesn’t say in her ad is that she has convictions for capital murder, kidnapping, and aggravated robbery. Originally sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, she successfully argued to the Supreme Court of Arkansas that her staements to police concerning her involvement with the crime were tainted because, unbeknownst to her or to the police, she had a lawyer, appointed for her by the court. Her convictions were overturned and she was retried and convicted again, this time receiving a fifteen year sentence on the robbery charge alone. She sounds lovely. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/16 "2000-03-14T20:06:00Z")
Arnold, I really don’t wish to hash over the punishment/rehabilitaion debate here. Let’s just say that I disagree with you on this issue since the most screwed-up people need more help and I think they just need more jail time. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/17 "2000-03-14T20:08:00Z")
Bricker, I’ve heard you say before that this information is available on the internet. Where do you go to find it? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/18 "2000-03-14T21:00:00Z")
[http://courts.state.ar.us/opinions/1996a/960708/cr96-5.html](http://courts.state.ar.us/opinions/1996a/960708/cr96-5.html) - Rick ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/19 "2000-03-14T21:41:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by xekul: > This site has more: [http://www.meet-an-inmate.com](http://www.meet-an-inmate.com) > > I don’t know, but some of the younger ones _are_ kinda cute… OK, this one is creepy. You pay to get the address to write to… and so under each girl’s bio is a button “add to your shopping cart” and “view your shopping cart” and “checkout now” um… that just seems somehow _wrong_ * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748/20 "2000-03-14T21:45:00Z")
AAHHH!!! Just to see how they did it, I checked on “add to shopping cart” … check this out!!! [http://fathom.org/opalcat/buy-an-inmate.jpg](http://fathom.org/opalcat/buy-an-inmate.jpg) * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/www-inmate-com/14748.md?page=2)