What's new, and what is coming to our web community. Administrative notices and information.

Sub-Forums: PTO POLICIES / RULES, PTO Contributors

Please stop by and introduce yourself and share your story with others in the Prison Talk Online community!

Dedicated to regional/national PTO get-togethers and conferences.

Please use this forum for PTO Live Chat room Q&A's, Scheduling and other related topics. PLEASE NOTE - This forum is for discussion, questions, etc., about PTO's chat room - this is NOT the chat room.

Please use this forum to discuss anything relating to the 2008 upgrade of PTO, features, how-to's, etc..

Post all petitions here.

All discussion on Gulf Coast and other U.S. hurricanes go in these forums, including prison evacuation info and visitation cancellations for prisons in Gulf Coast & East Coast states generally affected by a hurricane. Please use these forums ONLY in the event of a hurricane threat in those areas.

Sub-Forums: Prison Evacuations, Visitation Cancellations, & Other Info by State Due to Hurricanes

Post info (IF it doesn't belong in another PTO forum) about the prison system, prisoner support, criminal justice, etc., that you learn firsthand, through the media, from an inmate, or any other source. News can be local, state, Federal, or int'l.

Everything related to Visitation. Please be sure and check the Regional Forums for your local visitation forum also!

Discuss problems, solutions and other issues relating to institutional phone systems here

All discussions relating to Prison & Jail Mail.

Ask questions, get opinions, and find resources.

Sub-Forums: Legal Appeals

Discuss and learn about pending legislation or changes in law.

Are you having problems locating someone in jail or prison? Place your missing person ad in this forum, as well as find out what resources & techniques others are using to find loved ones in the system.

Dealing with INS and other related issues.

General discussion

Sub-Forums: Domestic Violence Forum Member Introductions & Stories, Domestic Violence Q & A, Domestic Violence Resources, Domestic Violence in the News

Dedicated to Native American prisoners and their loved ones.

A war against drugs, or against families?

Sub-Forums: News Articles - The Drug War in North America, World Drug War Update, Resources - The Drug War

For those whose lives have been touched by addiction to drugs, alcohol or otherwise. For addicts and those who care about them.

Sub-Forums: Addiction Resources, Prisoner Addiction Resources, 'Information For Family & Friends of Addicts (Codependency Issues), Addiction with Mental Illness Issues (Dual Diagnosis), Addiction in the News

Everything about prison weddings - notices, stories, what to expect!

Sub-Forums: Engagement / Wedding Announcements, Wedding Photos

Prison Health Care.. Medical, medications and all that go with it related to health care in the prison system...

Pleae use this forum for all mental health related issues dealing with the prison system.

Living with it, inside prison and out in the world.

Does your issue not fit into another forum? Post it here. Find support, answers and assistance.

For everyone who has a husband, boyfriend or male partner incarcerated.

For everyone who has a wife, girlfriend, or female partner incarcerated.

For anyone that has a same sex partner, family member, friend or Pen Pal in prison that is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered.

This forum is for all those - family, friends, spouses, wives, husbands, significant others, brothers, sisters, parents, and children - who lost a loved one or friend while incarcerated.

For all those involved in an interracial relationship and also dealing with the prison system & experience (past or present). Discussion of unique challenges facing this group.

This forum is about discussing your thoughts, feelings and issues now that you and your incarcerated (or formerly incarcerated) loved one are no longer together. (This forum is NOT for bashing - please read the rules before posting.)

Were you introduced by a friend or family member after he/she was incarcerated? Did you meet as Pen Pals? This Forum is for you!

For the parents of prisoners

For the Parent left behind with children AND for the Children that have a parent inside. Discussion of unique challenges facing this group!

For brothers and sisters of prisoners

For the grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of inmates.

Discussion of everything related to minors in the criminal justice system: juvenile detention, courts, rights, and family support.

Discuss the issues of having a violent offender as part of your life. Please keep in mind that some of us are married to violent offenders. Please remember that these offenders are human, and as such, can change... just like anyone else.

For those whose loved one is serving a life sentence.

Sub-Forums: Lifer's Resource Center, Lifer's News Articles

For those whose loved one is serving 10+ years.

General discussion that does not fit anywhere else.

News, Information, events, scheduled executions, stays, etc.

Tributes to those who have been put to death.

This forum is to post upcoming scheduled executions, stays, etc.

A forum for those who have loved ones on the Row. (If you are a friend or acquaintance of a Death Row inmate, please see the Friends of Death Row Inmates forum.)

A forum for those who are friends of those on the Row. (If you are romantically involved with or a family member of a Death Row inmate, please see the Loving a Death Row Inmate forum.)

Sometimes innocent men & women fight the battle to get off the Row and are successful... here are positive & uplifting stories springing from a negative place.

General questions/answers about Death Row - mail & more - whatever you need to know can probably be found here!

Lounge area for the Capital Punishment forum participants... general chit-chat and things unrelated to the prison system go here!

Dedicated to those who are facing incarceration. What to expect; what you can do to prepare; Q&A's; support.

Please share stories about your loved one now they are home.

Dedicated to all issues related to prisoner education.

Having problems (or need info) with Probation, Parole or Community Corrections & Supervision?? Lets talk about it here.

Finding post-incarceration employment can be an almost monumental task. Find tips, job offers and stories from those of us that have experienced it first hand.

Dedicated to our loved ones that are home now, and/or coming home soon. Discussions here should not fit any other category.

Sub-Forums: The Countdown

Share information, research, and personal experiences.

Share information here about support networks and programs available to prisoners who are returning home.

Please share your coming-home success stories here.

The general Ex-Offender discussion forum. If you have done time, this forum is for you.

Post all letters, stories and information from inmates and ex-convicts here. Share their perspective with the rest of us who have not been on the inside.

Let's talk about the good things that happen in prison. The correctional officers that have helped us, etc.

Discussions and Information about African and Middle Eastern Prisons, Jails, the Criminal Justice System, etc.

Sub-Forums: Africa & Middle East Prisons News & Events, Africa & Middle East Forum Lounge

Discussions and Information about Asia and Pacific-region Prisons, Jails, the Criminal Justice System, etc.

Sub-Forums: Asia & Pacific Prisons News & Events, Asia / Pacific Prison Profiles, The Beach Bar

Discussions and Information about Australia and New Zealand Prisons, Jails, the Criminal Justice System, etc.

Sub-Forums: Australia / NZ Prison News & Events, Australia / NZ Prison Profiles, Australia / NZ The Roo Baa Lounge

General discussion forum for Canada. Come in and discuss issues in the justice system as well as your own personal issues. Please feel free to ask questions, make suggestions and share information

Sub-Forums: Canada Prisons - What You Need to Know, Canada Prison Profiles, Canada Prison News and Events, Canada Parole, Probation & Legal Information, First Nations/Métis/Inuit Prison Resources & Discussion, Canadian Restorative Justice Resources, Lost in the Canadian System, The Great White North Lounge

Prison, Jail and Criminal Justice discussions in relation to European countries.

Sub-Forums: General Europe Prison Talk Forum, Europe Prisons News & Events, France Prison Talk, United Kingdom Prison Talk, Europe Forum Lounge