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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 12h

The car's packed and we're on way to #NoHo for Read & Resist Fest Saturday. Come by booth 22 (near the merch table) to write a note to an incarcerated person, or hang out and talk with an inside member on the phone! We'll have members talking about organizing and just chatting. #AbolitionWriteNow

Abolitionist Living Room
Read and Resist Fest 10/04 10a-4p
46 Crosby St, Northampton, MA
Face masks required

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Come read and reply to mail from incarcerated people. We'll make online pen-pal profiles, accessible images, and connections to resources. 📅 Sat 9/26, 3-5 🗺️ Roxbury Public Library RSVP: tinyurl.com/AMP-events Required: 💻 a laptop (not a tablet) 😷 KN95+ masks (we have some) ❤️ an open heart and mind

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

John is a caring and laid back person looking to write sometime understanding. Most people perceive him as genuine and good-hearted. He's family-oriented but doesn't have kids. He enjoys basketball, sight-seeing, and fashion. Sign up to write John at tinyurl.com/AMP-signup #PenpalsWanted

Same layout. Main text. Looking for Good company/conversation and a female who's simply understanding, open minded, easy to talk to, & non judgemental.

A graphic with the same layout has text in a grid. For each demographic, there is a word in white that the member selected from a list, and their own words in white. gender: Cis man their words: male Race: Black their words: a mutt Sexuality: straight Their words: straight Faith: Spiritual Their words: Spiritual but not religious Language: English I am... none of these. Greyed out options: a Longtimer, politically active, disabled/chronically ill

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Jenna is an outdoors person who loves fantasy books and comedy movies. Jenna wants to talk to someone who can understand what it is like to be in jail and how big a loss it is. Sign up to write Jenna at tinyurl.com/AMP-signup #penpals

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Tonight is the #cambma City Council's one meeting of the summer, with a huge agenda including questions about revisiting the removal of Shotspotter. Perhaps John Oliver read the agenda: he included a segment on Shotspotter in his show last night: youtu.be/lnBPhelCdWE?... (Also appearing: Flock)

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Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Join AMP Saturday 8/8 to read mail from incarcerated members and help connect them to pen-pals and resources. Reading and responding directly to their needs can be transformative for outside folks! Laptop and RSVP required: tinyurl.com/AMP-events-RSVP #Roxbury library #Boston #mapoli

4 black, white, and red computer graphics. Black and white photos at the top and bottom show close-up photos of people reading letters.
Large text do you like lying about people living a different life than you?
Red text: tinyurl.com/AMP-events-rsvp

Large text: do you like reading mail and decoding handwriting
Red text: tinyurl.com/AMP-events-rsvp

Large text:
Prison mail volunteer event
Read, reply to, & log mail from incarcerated people
-update our database of members
-send referrals & resources
Sat, Aug 8, 3 - 5 PM
Shaw-Roxbury Public Library
(upstairs - elevator access)
masks required & provided
bring a laptop + RSVP here:
tinyurl.com/AMP-events-RSVP

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's a great time to check out your local mask bloc. Masks protect against environmental, surveillance, and biological threats. Sign up for a variety of masks and COVID tests from Boston COVID action. Pick up throughout the Boston area. Most AMP events are masked! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Resource Request Form - Boston COVID Action

Do you need free N95, KN95 masks, and rapid tests in the Boston area? Here's what to do: 1. Before you fill out this form, consider stopping by one of the public pick up locations listed in our Bo...

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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Nearly 100 wheelchair users and disability advocates rallied outside South Station in Boston on Tuesday to protest slow repairs of medical devices relied on by tens of thousands in Massachusetts. bit.ly/44OtDLL

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Disability advocates rally in Boston for faster wheelchair repairs

Many wheelchair users across the country say they wait months for a simple repair.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 14/07/2026

#OtD 14 Jul 1970 the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital's main administrative building in response to New York City's indifference to the needs of Puerto Ricans and African Americans in the South Bronx and the hospital's deplorable conditions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8579...

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Tomorrow the price of postage stamps goes up to almost $1. Stamps are essential for remaining connected to incarcerated people. We'll send around 1k letters and cards this year, and need your help to do it! Check out our wishlist tinyurl.com/AMP-StampDrive or Vnmo GoodCopsQuit

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Stamp drive

Help us reach hundreds of incarcerated people with birthday cards, newsletters, membership forms, and more

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

See you 5:30-8 at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social! We'll be writing cards to folks incarcerated in Massachusetts and we need your help! Drop by to read member profiles, send support, and hear from an incarcerated organizer about civil death, carceral life, and abolition.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

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ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will Bunch

Salgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We'll be back at @brooklinebooksmith tomorrow 07/10 writing birthday cards to incarcerated people. Incarceration is incredibly lonely, and everyone deserves to be remembered on their birthday. Your note can make a big difference. Please RSVP so we have enough cards tinyurl.com/AMP-July10 #boston

A computer graphic. A background photo has a close-up view of someone's hands writing a card. A torn piece of purple paper lays over the photo, cutting it in half.
Text:
free rsvp: tinyurl.com/AMP-July10
Write birthday cards to incarcerated people

AMP and Brookline Booksmith

July 10 5:30-8pm
279 Harvard St, Brookline
Coolidge Corner T stop

-free- All supplies provided
-Hear from an incarcerated organizer
-seatings at 5:30, 6, 7pm

A white note stuck on top of the purple paper says "everyone needs to be remembered on their birthday- reach across the wall with us"

Coordinating graphic. Note from an AMPxBb card recipient
I received over twenty birthday cards, with warm wishes and support from the AMP community. It really made my birthday wonderful. I wish to extend my thanks to AMP and all those who support AMP for making this happen and possible.
My darkest times with I am in are brighter because of this. The cards make a difference. ... Thanks for making my birthday more than just another day in prison.

Another note from a recipient.
Today, I got 14 Birthday cards from people at amp. I've been down over 35yrs and have never got more then one or two cards for my Birthday I'm sitting here crying reading all these cards I'm so happy you have all really made my Day Special I'm going to tape up all my cards
on [my birthday] I don't feel 65, because of you all I feel like a kid again

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 04/07/2026

➡️ Nearly 40% of people in state prison were first arrested before their 16th birthday. For many, criminal legal involvement starts at a young age. Instead of protecting and investing in its youth, the U.S. shuffles thousands of kids into the criminal legal system each year.

Graph showing that 38% of everyone in state prisons were first arrested before their 16th birthday

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 04/07/2026

➡️ Each year in prison takes 2 years off a person’s life expectancy. Incarcerated people suffer disproportionately from various medical conditions across the U.S. On top of that, conditions behind bars are dangerous to health, and healthcare is abysmal. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/06...

Graph comparing prevalence of health conditions among people in state prisons vs U.S. adults: Asthma 16.7% vs 8%, Hepatitis B 1.2% vs 0.4%, Hepatitis C 9.5% vs. 1.7%, HIV/AIDs 1.1% vs. 0.4%

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 04/07/2026

The land of the free? Not so much. As the U.S. turns 250 years old, here's what you should know about that country's carceral system. 🧵

Infographic with text: Mass incarceration in the "land of the free"

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

You wrote 105 loving Pride notes to incarcerated queer ppl! Members tell us that cards like these can light up their days, and give them the will to fight. AND, incarcerated people want long-term, committed pen-pals more than a card. Are you ready for a new friend? Learn more: tinyurl.com/AMP-learn

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This thank you note writer received more than a dozen cards for her birthday. Being remembered has revived her strength to fight. Pen-paling can save lives, even if discussion never goes that deep. Just knowing someone remembers you can help a person keep their sense of self. tinyurl.com/AMP-cards

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Join the card crew | AMP

Get involved with AMP by writing birthday and holiday cards from home. AMP is working to abolish prisons in Massachusetts by creating pen-pal friendships.

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Thank you to the hundreds of people who stopped by our @bostondykemarch.com table! You wrote 140+ affirming notes and helped us raise enough to reach all our members with a mailing. We heard from two incarcerated trans elders about decay, love, and trans rights. Plug in! tinyurl.com/AMP-learn

Photo of our Dyke March booth. Text over the image reads DYKE MARCH 2026. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO VISITED OUR TABLE.
In the photo, a table covered in a blue tablecloth had two trifold boards in it. A black one is covered in picture of members. A white board says AMP in large letters and includes a QR code. A white woman in a crop top stands in front of the table posing. A white person's hand holds a clipboard in the foreground. The back of the clipboard reads there is no Pride without criminalized queers. Send a note to an incarcerated LGBTQIA2S+ person in MA. There is no Pride without criminalized trans people

A background photo shows only the legs of three people sitting in a tight circle. A white person's hand holds a speaker. Text says to incarcerated trans women shared poetry and reflections on trans rights since the 1970s. A smaller text area says we talked about loss and celebrated your community

A background photo of the black trifold board covered with members photos. A white person's hand holds a piece of paper with a pride flag made out of affirming words and an area to write a note that has been filled in with a doodle . A text block reads this pride I'm wishing you health, healing, and peace. you're a part of my community and I wish you were here with us. Below that there is text explaining that this is a message from a person at Dyke march. Another text bubble says if you gave a return address, you might get a thank you card!

A background photo of cookies on a cooling rack. Two cookies are frosted, one with an envelope, the other with anarchy a. A hand holds a sign that says vegan / gluten-free bake sale. It is a menu with allergen information. A text bubble reads we raised enough for us to send around $270 letters!

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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Join the card crew | AMP

Get involved with AMP by writing birthday and holiday cards from home. AMP is working to abolish prisons in Massachusetts by creating pen-pal friendships.

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Find us at @bostondykemarch.com today on the Boston Common today 6-9p. We will be near the bathrooms on Rita Hester Rd. Write a note to an incarcerated queer person, learn about being a pen-pal or cardwriter, and speak to an incarcerated trans woman. Or connect online: tinyurl.com/AMP-learn

A grey background with white lines sketching the corner of a living room with a love seat next to a window with a beautiful orange sunset.
Text: Abolitionist Living room @ Dyke Fest Fri, June 5 6-9pm Last table on Rita Hester Road (by the bathrooms) write Pride cards, bake sale, chat with Shekinah @8pm Katheena @ 8:30
The AMP and Boston Dyke March logos are on the bottom

A map of the Parkman Bandstand area of the Boston Common. A red circle is around table 1, on the end of Rita Hester Road near the bathrooms.
Text: abolitionist living room at dyke fest.
Pride cards, take-it-home bake sale, chat w/ Shekinah @ ~8pm,
chat w/ Katheena @ ~8:30pm.
Eat your treat outside the blue line.
Face masks are required in our living room and near all tables at the Fest.

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Teresa is a trans woman in her late 50s who has seen a lot but still wants to connect. She enjoys poetry and playing guitar. Truth and honesty is extremely important to Teresa. Interested in a frank friendship? Sign up to write Teresa at tinyurl.com/AMP-signup

As for expectations: Looking for
real friendship/relationship. Honesty and straight talk. My motto is "Truth Conquers all Things". I have it tattooed on my wrist in Latin. I have very few boundaries, but I don't lie, don't like jealous people, and have no time for games -I'm not getting any younger. As for topics: Music interests me greatly! As well as poetry. I also want to be involved in some way with the LGBTQ+ community.

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Traits I'm looking for: Honesty is a must, and I don't like prudes, I'm a swinger and have no hangups about sexual conversation. I hope to talk about my community and what it means to be pansexual (a new term for me, that seems to fit me better than bisexual). I'm old enough that not much bothers me, young enough that I still want to make real connections, with good people.

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Main text is a grid.
In white is a category with the word chosen from a list. Below it in red is Teresa's own words.
Gender: Trans woman
Their words: female
Race: White
Their words: Multiracial, but look white
Sexuality: Pansexual
Their words: Pansexual, bi (but prefer women), exploring?
Language: English
Faith: Indigenous faith
Their words: Practice Native beliefs
I am... selected: a Longtimer, Not selected: politically active, disabled/chronically ill, None

More profiles at tinyurl.com/AMP-members

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Ty is an evolved man still writing his story and working on the best chapter. Ty plays music, enjoys poetry, and hopes to open a food truck and restaurant after release. He'd like to write someone who believes in redemption. Meet Ty (member 261016) at tinyurl.com/AMP-signup

I'm acutely aware of the damaging and lasting effects of toxic masculinity because I've been a prime example of it most of my life. I now teach classes on the subject and work to rid myself of male stupidity (Lol).
I'm multi- talented: I'm a musician (keyboard/piano), vocalist, artist and poet. I'm also a cook and plan to run a food truck after release, and eventually open a brick and mortar. I'm socially conscious and am on my way to becoming a feminist the more I study women's and Trans issues. Hit me back and let's talk.

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Main text: I'm looking for someone who's spiritual and pragmatic. Someone who's supportive, loyal, honest and wants more out of life. A person who's business minded and has an entrepreneurial spirit as I do. I seek someone who likes to kick it about issues from history to music to your favorite cartoons from back in the day. Open with your life's goals, your fears and hopes, and who believes in redemption

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

William has a great sense of humor and enjoys making people laugh. He is a father and grandfather who is rebuilding and focused on the future. William doesn't have many friends, and wants to meet someone positive and non-judgmental. Sign up to write William at tinyurl.com/AMP-signup

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Main text: Looking for in a pen-pal
I would like to remove my own boundaries, I've noticed that I have set boundaries on myself with my past decisions and my past lifestyle. I have also noticed that people who I let into my life or circle, had also set boundaries by holding me to that lifestyle and those mistakes, I wasn't allowed room for growth. So I'm seeking a new space, one without limitations and without judgement.

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Main text: I'm looking to share these rare diamonds that I've discovered in the coal pits of myself with someone, as long as they are genuine and receptive to such a rare jewel, most importantly, willing to help me grow as a person. My past is my past!
The only boundary that I have is that I don't wanna be limited to who I used to be. I would like to discuss the possibility of lifestyle changes, from others that have personally changed or is working on change.

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Main text: I would like to meet someone who is positive, non-jugemental, and understands that life comes with mistakes but it's all about learning from those mistakes. I am in a place in my life where I'm trying to be and give my true self, but I can only do that if someone is able to receive that part of me.
There is no topic that is off limits, but there is an energy that I do not want to be a part of, meaning, anything that would cause me to lose focus or back track and self-defeat in any way.

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Michael is a softspoken and positive man who probably thinks too much. He's looking for an open-minded and respectful new friend for long conversations. He wants to know what you want out of life. Sign up to write Michael at tinyurl.com/AMP-signup #PenpalsWanted

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Main text: Perhaps there are possibilities that exist between us!!! Let's explore them... I'am always focus in the depth/ let's talk just you and me and I love listening. I hope my words can spring a thought in your mind and put a smile on your face and brighten up your day. Should you have the desire establish a friendship with me.

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Main text: I want to write someone who's very open-minded and respect others. My dislike is don't lie and my like is keep it real. What I want to talk about what she want out of life and what her dislikes and her likes and if she want to ask me any type of questions I'll anwser.
my dislike l don't like a dirty person,my likes is a person that keep them self up. I want to know what a person want out of life, and l want know about their dislikes and likes, and you can ask me any type of questions that you like I will answer

Graphic with the same layout. Text in a grid shows their demographics. For each demographic, there is a white answer that they chose from a list, and a red answer written in their own words.

gender: Cis man
Their words: Im a a male - straight
Race: Black
Their words: Race Not Important
Sexuality: Straight/heterosexual
Their words: Im a male straight
Language: English
Faith: Christian
Their words: blank
Language: English

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Maurice is a politically active man who loves to laugh. He is involved in fighting for incarcerated people's voting rights. He is also a handler in the dog training program at the prison. Maurice graduated from Emerson while in prison. Sign up to write Maurice at tinyurl.com/AMP-signup

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Mark is a loyal and supportive friend who enjoys working out and studying the stock market. He hopes to talk to a woman who is educated and enjoys helping people. Sign up to write Mark (member 260007) at AbolitionistMailProject.com/signup

Same layout as previous.
Main text:
My favorite movies are Top-Gun & Day's of Thunder like the action & Tom Cruise as an actor. My friend would say I'm a good guy always there for them & a very Hard worker & loves his family.
A photograph of Mark shows a white man in his 50s wearing a baseball cap and dark glasses. He stands with his hands on his hips in front of a flower bed.

Some thing's my pen-pals should
have. Be a woman, like sports you can do in the snow, like snow, likes to talk, likes to relax, likes to make money. Like to do things togeather. I'm open to talk about any subject. Must be a woman, must like to talk any subject, must be educated, like to help people, be 59 years old or younger prefer younger, looking to be long term pen-pal & friends after I get out of prison. You can ask me any question's open to talk about anything you would like. What do you think about Donald Trump.

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Gender: [Blank]
Their words:[Blank]
Race: white
Their words: [Blank]
Sexuality: Straight/heterosexual
Their words: [Blank]
Faith: Christian
Their words: [Blank]
Language: English

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Massachusetts has the oldest prison population in the US, so this is already playing out in hospices (not hospitals) in our prison, where the sickest incarcerated people are tended by fellow prisoners. Elder and medical parole is a path out! Learn more: plsma.org/wp-content/u... #mapoli

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We're happy to share we were accepted to Dyke March, so get ready to visit our living room set up again to talk directly to incarcerated people on 06/05. We'll also have a note writing station so you can wish a queer prisoner happy Pride. And of course, we can help you find a pen-pal.

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We had a great time inviting you into our living room at WUTE! We got to chat abolition, talk to incarcerated people, and spread the word about forming friendship across bars. Thank you to everyone who stopped by! Learn more and tap in: tinyurl.com/AMP-learn #mapoli

A photo from inside the tent of two trifold boards. A white one has AMP written in large red letters. The black one has photos of incarcerated members on it. Large text: wake up the earth 2026. we invited people to sit, talk about abolition, and hear directly from incarcerated people looking for connection. Smaller text points at the black board: Photos of some members so we can have them with us. Two people are in the foreground.

An overhead photo of three people sitting on a rug in our tent around a small round Bluetooth speaker. A pink piece of paper under the speaker has a handwritten list. Text: We talked to a trans woman about topics she chose

Photo. Six people sit in a circle leaning in to listen to the small speaker. Text: We got to listen to a member's poetry and advocacy request

Photo. A genderqueer person wearing a sweatshirt that says "guards bring drugs into prisons" stands behind the table smiling. Large text: "we do this work because we know friendships across bars will help end prisons and build a new world" larger text: we want to build it with you. Tinyurl.com/AMP-learn

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We've got a lot of events coming up, this is just a few of them! Get your cowboy boots on for Boots 4 Bail 05/01, benefiting Mass Bail Fund Enjoy the sunshine at WUTE 05/02 and Dyke March 06/05*: Write cards 05/06* or 07/10 More events at tinyurl.com/AMP-events * = masks required

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Events calendar

April-July 2026 reading groups Match with an incarcerated person to read and discuss 3 works 10 pages or shorter Learn more and sign up

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We are already seeing Massachusetts DOC take trans women in men's-designated prisons out of their single cells and place them in cis men's cells. They have been told PREA rape protections no longer cover them. This is illegal, immoral, and WILL result in assault www.yahoo.com/news/article... #mapoli

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Appeals court clears path to move trans women into men’s prisons despite sexual assault risk

Transgender women must now argue individually that transfers would put them in harm’s way.

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Outside readers, you should reach in by the end of day TODAY!

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We're sending out emails to pen-pals today! Please watch your email and be prepared to reach out to your new groupmates ASAP.

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

(Español abajo) Meet Juan! He is an honest, trustworthy, and loyal father of 3 who is really working on himself. He's committed to being the best version of himself he can, and is learning a lot from listening to his kids. Juan is bilingual in Spanish. Sign up to meet Juan tinyurl.com/AMP-signup

Image with same layout as previous. Main text: I have three beautiful kids that absolutely mean the world to me. So, I’m unapologetically committed to being the best version of myself for them to have someone to look up to. That starts with the small things that often times get overlooked, like listening. I have learned so much from my kids from just listening to them. Most parents (including
mine) and people in general don’t listen. They wait to talk and abandon listening all together.

An image with the same layout. Instead of text there is a photo of Juan. It is bleached out but he stands with his arms crossed standing wide and smiling slightly into the camera. He has locs or twists and wear a blue shirt with khakis

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Support the incarcerated authors we're reading in our Inside/Outside reading group! You can find links books by Amos Don and Robert Raff at linktr.ee/AbolitionistMailProject Outside readers: you'll get an email from us soon with links to the PDFs of our selected readings from these books

A computer graphic with a background made of books.
Large text: Build your bookshelf with these titles from AMP authors!
A photo of the cover of My Blue Days Sound Like Blue Jays by Amos Don. The cover is deep blue and a blue-toned Black man's face is in the bottom left corner looking up. Line drawings of birds dance with music symbols.
The cover of The Bookkeeper by Robert Raff. A white woman with large classes reads a book in a library.

Same book background.
Large text: My Blue Days Sound Like Blue Jays
the cover again
original poetry exploring themes of healing, love, injustice, and more.
Amos Don

The Bookkeeper
The cover of the book.
a trilogy of short stories with mystery, thrills, and visions of our future world.
Robert Raff

The same book background.
Blue Jays cover. Available on amazon.
The Bookkeeper cover. Available on Amazon or direct from publisher

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

“Malik Muhammad, who received the harshest sentence tied to the 2020 George Floyd uprisings, has effectively been disappeared by the state…  This isn’t just neglect, it’s political repression, retaliation, and state violence.” ~ Alissa Azar

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Oregon DOC Appears to Have Disappeared Malik Muhammad

Oregon DOC Appears to Have Disappeared Portland Protester Malik Muhammad

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

In Mass, we're fighting a new women's prison compound that includes therapy rooms+ SUD treatment. The recent DOC strategic plan includes concerning language about mothers in prison bonding with infants. The right thing to do is send mentally ill mothers home, not to paint prison walls pink #mapoli

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

If you signed up to read and discuss with us, we'll be reaching out soon! Thank you for the phenomenal response. Can't wait to get started writing an incarcerated person? View our member list here: tinyurl.com/AMP-members

A computer graphic with a cartoon of a person with a ponytail looking through a magnifying glass.
Large text: looking for an incarcerated penpal? can’t decide who to write?
Let us find you a penpal!
DM or email us. We'll ask some questions and send 3-6 profiles to choose from
@massAMP_1312 AbolitionistMailProject@gmail.com

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

We had such a huge response to our reading groups! We are all set on outside participants, but if you're interested in writing incarcerated people in an ongoing basis, become a pen-pal! ✔️ Learn about being a pen-pal: tinyurl.com/AMP-learn 🔍 Browse our members: tinyurl.com/AMP-members

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About pen-pals

Learn about being a pen-pal to a person incarcerated in Massachusetts. AMP forges pen-pal friendships between incarcerated and non-incarcerated people because we need each other to end prisons.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 30/03/2026

MYTH: Some people need to go to jail to get treatment REALITY: Most people in local jails have substance use disorders, yet only a tiny fraction of jails provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder. Jails are designed for punishment, not care.

Graph showing that in jails, the most effective treatment options are the least accessible for people with opioid use disorder

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

We've made our member list easier to explore. Browse members by categories like women, elders, LGBTQIA2S+, and BIPOC. You can filter further inside the category to find the right person for you Or reach out to AbolitionistMailProject@gmail.com for help picking a pen-pal 🔍👥 Tinyurl.com/AMP-members

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Q. I don't live in Massachusetts. Can I still participate? A. Yes! Our incarcerated members are in MA, but anyone in the US or Canada can join. If you're from Canada, sign up ASAP and tell us on the form. Prisons make rules to make international communication difficult tinyurl.com/AMP-reading

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Reading/listening group

We are excited to launch an inside/outside reading group this April to July. Small groups will read three short works on a chosen topic between August and October. Our topic areas are Writing...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 30/03/2026

police lie, and have no duty to protect you

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2026

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Incarcerated members tell us what it feels like to see another person on your unit kill themself. It feels like you might be next. And incarcerated people are clear who is to blame: MA DOC drives people to suicide. It is past time to end segregation and solitary and release SMI prisoners! #mapoli

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Massachusetts remains the only blue state with a 287g agreement. Our Department of Corrections regularly collaborates with ICE, turning people who have done their time (and often lost status during it) over to be deported. @massgovernor.bsky.social must end the DOC's 287g agreement! #mapoli

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Q. How short is a short reading? A. Incarcerated people in MA can only receive 5 sheets of paper at a time. All our readings will be 10 pages or less. We have had to do a little creating margin-moving and abridgements. More info, FAQs, and sign-up tinyurl.com/AMP-reading

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Join us to write birthday cards to incarcerated people with @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social again! April 10 5:30-8p (drop-in) Free, please RSVP: tinyurl.com/AMP-BB-April10 Hear from an incarcerated organizer around 7p And check out our upcoming inside-outside reading group! tinyurl.com/AMP-reading

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