It’s Been Almost 2 Weeks Since I’ve Gotten Mail In Prison
However, according to the app, I should have received at least four letters.
We recently announced North Carolina’s sweeping changes to the way inmates will be receiving mail, which was not well explained to inmates or family/friends. Apparently, it wasn’t to administration in our camp either, nor is it working very well overall because as our title explains, mail just isn’t being distributed properly somehow. It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve received any.
Demeter was in the habit of sending me a letter a day before the changes took effect. Still, we decided there was no point in wasting money continuing to do this after the first letter she sent seemed to disappear into the ether after the mail went completely digital. She waited to hear from our contact here at my camp, trying to learn exactly how this new process was to function before sending another letter.
According to Ms. A, letters would still be processed by Text Behind, now owned by the monopoly GTL/ViaPath, and then sent digitally to the camp to be approved by staff in our mailroom just as they had been. Instead of being printed and distributed, they would be digitally sent to our tablets.
