This website is legit. You can interact with real inmates doing time. You can write them via snail mail or jpay, corrlinks etc. (those sites are what the prisons use for their email service).

Is write a prisoner real?

Inmates using WriteAPrisoner.com only have access to postal mail. Inmates pay $50 per year to post their profile and photo, which are viewed by the public at no cost. The site encourages writing directly to inmates or sending a first message through its free e-mail forwarding service.

Can you send emails to prisoners?

Friends and family use a service like JPay or Access Corrections to write an email to their incarcerated loved one. Either way, many inmates can have a tablet (which doesnt have internet access), and they can read the emails you send them on their device.