Missouri Prison Reform received the following message from a resident of a Missouri prison. Some edits were made for clarity.
In regards to the digital mail, I constantly have issues with receiving mail that is beneficial to my integration back into society, things like, trade school information, brochures that assist in determining eligibility for certain schools etc….Not every school or trade school have the resources to email applications, student loan information and other information pertaining to what the school has to offer? I feel like the censor department (mailroom) has too much authority in regards to educational material as it pertains to being released and or the betterment of going back into society? If something is positive, then why would you deny access? Well, this is exactly what the digital mail process is guilty of…….
