Hi. I'm a newbie to this site. My cousin goes into Jessup in Georgia on Monday. I have read several threads and have gotten a lot of information about sending mail. Thanks. This support group is great and I hope to get a lot out of it. I am upset today but encouraged to write him a letter and scent it with my rose perfume as suggested in a few threads on mail. I don't know what to say to him. My housewife life seems so unimportant compared to what he faces now. I looked up the population of his low security prison to be about 562 and I hope that is small enough where he can make friends and not have any trouble like I see in prison movies. I don't know what to say to his parents other than I'm thinking of them and praying for them. 3 years in one small room seems like forever.:eek:
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
LAS

Hi. I'm a newbie to this site. My cousin goes into Jessup in Georgia on Monday. I have read several threads and have gotten a lot of information about sending mail. Thanks. This support group is great and I hope to get a lot out of it. I am upset today but encouraged to write him a letter and scent it with my rose perfume as suggested in a few threads on mail. I don't know what to say to him. My housewife life seems so unimportant compared to what he faces now. I looked up the population of his low security prison to be about 562 and I hope that is small enough where he can make friends and not have any trouble like I see in prison movies. I don't know what to say to his parents other than I'm thinking of them and praying for them. 3 years in one small room seems like forever.:eek:
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
LAS

Hi Las! Some suggestions for writing... just some things I do w/ my couisn... I try to send him mail at least 2 times a week. I don't usually write letters, cos I am a housewife too (but he loves to hear the ho hum thing that go on, anyway!) I usually send e-mail things that I get. Jokes, inspirational, funny pics. You can accumulate a lot of those! Or look on the net for jokes, etc. Letters are great too, of course.
My cousin has been in since 2001 and denied parole once, we are looking at 2007 now for him to get out.
As for family, in my case, my family is all my cousin has left, so I don't really have to worry about that part. I think what you say to his family depends on how they are handeling his incarceration.
Just try to send him stuff, and things he doesn't have to respond to...at least that's what I do..whether he's happy of sad or has anything to write about or not, he gets his mail--- really a great thing for them while they are incarcerated!!!
Just love him, same as you always have!
Blessings to you all:)
Any questions you have, feel free to post them, this is a great bunch here on PTO.
lis