{"id":552,"date":"2007-03-04T01:04:16","date_gmt":"2007-03-04T06:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/03\/04\/hot-prisonpals\/"},"modified":"2013-10-16T01:58:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T05:58:39","slug":"hot-prisonpals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/03\/04\/hot-prisonpals\/","title":{"rendered":"hot prisonpals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>If you spent Valentines all alone look no further .. maybe www.hotprisonpals.com will have a just the right man for you.  Yep. Some of America&#8217;s most desirable felons are lining up to send you love letters, poems and even proposals of marriage. <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Some of the men are getting out soon while others are until 2023.  If you like space in your relationships this might just be perfect. <\/p>\n<p>The idea for hotprisonpals came from New York pop artist Sam Wagner, who began writing to a friend in jail several years ago. The prisoner then asked Wagner to write to his cell mate who had stopped receiving letters from his family.<\/p>\n<p>Requests for letters from lonely prisoners kept coming, until Wagner was sending a monthly letter to more than 100 inmates.<\/p>\n<p>With no access to the Internet, letters are often the only contact U.S. prisoners have with the outside world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prisoners have real abandonment issues. Friends and family often stop writing after a couple of years,&#8221; said Wagner&#8217;s business partner, Jason Rupp, who built the Web site in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The letters they get through the site are crucial to their well being. They need to know someone on the outside cares.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The inmates, both straight and gay pay $19 each to have their photos and a short note on the site. 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