LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Over the last three months, letters from dozens of women at Jean Conservation Camp have been arriving to Rachel Richardson and her group of pen pals, creating connections that inmates say fill them with hope.
Richardson started the pen pal program after recognizing a need for support among incarcerated women. She quickly found volunteers willing to participate.
“I was able to go, hey, we need some pen pals for the women in Jean. Next thing I knew, I had 30, 40 people who were like, hey, I’ll do it,” Richardson said. “It feels amazing because Jean does get forgot about a lot. . . It became my mission to ensure that Jean knew they weren’t forgotten, and the women at Jean were not.”…