Cartas de paz

Write to a friend in detention!

Detention is an isolating experience; our letters offer hope to people who often feel alone and forgotten.

Our volunteers connect you with an immigrant friend who is currently detained in an immigrant detention center somewhere in the United States. This program is volunteer run. Our volunteers are truly connected to the work and will assist you with any questions that may arise.

If you’d like to correspond with someone who is currently in detention please click here to get started.

Did you know that over 67% of the people in detention do not hold a criminal record.

Meet the Team

  • Rachel Draeger

  • Alondra Flores

  • Isabela Galarza

  • Linda Hofschire

  • Wayne Laws

  • Stephanie Madzey

  • Greg Mortimer

  • Danya Strait

  • Jim Schoedler

  • Joan Wallach

  • Melanie Torres - Godoy

  • Val Stevenson

Make a donation.

A key part of the Cartas de Paz program involves sending $15 money orders to the immigrants we know in detention.

This enables our detained friends to make phone calls to the outside world and purchase items from the commissaries where they are detained.