Category: Updates
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Wellington: letter-writing event, Saturday 27 May
We are looking for more volunteers to become pen pals with people in prisons across Aotearoa. Join us to learn about the PCN and start the process of becoming a penpal to an incarcerated person. Come along to ask questions, discuss prisoner rights, browse our merch table and write to an incarcerated person. Event Details…
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Holiday Card Drive 2022: how to get involved
Kia ora penpals and supporters! This year, we’re holding our sixth annual Holiday Card Drive! We’ll be sending holiday cards to hundreds of incarcerated people all across Aotearoa. Christmas can be a very dark time in prison, and receiving a holiday card can make a world of difference. As a community-led, volunteer-run organisation, we rely…
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Christmas card drive 2016: feedback
Thank you again to everyone who participated in the Christmas card drive for prisoners last year! We’re starting to get some thank you letters in and people really appreciated their cards. Here’s a thank you from one prisoner: To the team at the Prisoner Correspondence Network. Being an openly out Gay Man I found prison…
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A milestone!
So far we’ve sent and received over 100 letters through the Prisoner Correspondence Network! Thanks to everyone who has signed up to the pen pal mailing list and/or volunteered to help. Every bit of support goes a long way. Onward and upward from here! To sign up message us here or email pcnaotearoa@gmail.com.
Prisoner Correspondence Network Aotearoa 