Greeting Cards for Inmates

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on March 30, 2008 at 4:40 pm


Attorney Terrye L. Cheathem (really?) noticed that a niche that Hallmark isn’t serving, and decided to do something about it.

"With more than 2.5 million people incarcerated in the Unites States today, I saw that there was a tremendous need," she said.

Some express simple good wishes: "We are all praying for you while you do your time."

But most show a tougher sort of love. A Christmas greeting partly reads: "You had the choice to be ‘naughty or nice.’ And you chose … Oh well, now you have to do your time."

Cheathem said she came up with the cards when her brother-in-law served 11 months in prison. She said she went searching for the appropriate greeting card, but couldn’t find what she was looking for.

"There weren’t any cards on the shelf that said anything like,
‘Hey, you must make better choices,’" she said.

Her company, Three Squares Greetings, has the tagline of "Greeting Cards for Those Who Can’t Come Home" …

Link | Three Squares Greetings – via AdFreak


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7 comments to "Greeting Cards for Inmates"

  1. Steohawk
    March 30th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    I wonder how many of those 2.5 million inmates are actually guilty. Of those who ARE in fact guilty, I wonder many have actually committed acts of aggression.

  2. aware
    March 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    sounds kind of rude. here's a greeting card, you idiot who did bad things. boo on you! i'm better than you and sent this card to rub it in. bleh.

  3. priscilla
    March 30th, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    yeaahh... you think if they're in there they'd be getting the message already. WITHOUT the pessimistic greeting cards coming along.

  4. Justin
    March 31st, 2008 at 12:50 am

    When I saw that picture I thought it was inmates sending cards to people.

    so I read "thinking of you" and saw the guy in the picture and thought he was thinking of killing you when he got out.

    Anyways that would be funny (not killing people but if someone made cards like that).

  5. hedwig
    March 31st, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    that's just poor taste, that's all... good grief. I've made prison visits- I can't think of a single person in there I'd send one to. Either they have a major attitude already or they're sorry- either way, they don't need this. Why don't you just package up a sermon along with it.

  6. ted
    March 31st, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    Maybe some humorous sympathy cards?

  7. Christmas_cards
    September 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    I think what Justin had to say sums it up. These Christmas Cards are a little on the harsh side.


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