ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico Corrections Department officials say inmates could face disciplinary action if they don't remove profiles from an online pen-pal website. KRQE-TV reports that Corrections Deputy Secretary of Operations Joe Booker says officials are investigating how many inmates have profiles on WriteAPrisoner.com and they are asking inmates to remove them. Adam Lovell, president and owner of the site, says it was created to connect pen-pals with prisoners so they can trade letters. He says the site also provides educational tools and legal aide help.
The site charges $40 a year to allow inmates to post profiles descriptions, photos, their crimes and where the inmates are serving so people can write to them. But Booker says it's against state rules for inmates to have social media profiles on any sites.
