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Thursday, 18 November 2004
?LifeLines is the only hope and peace that some of us have on Death Row?
- A Florida Inmate
LifeLines supports and befriends prisoners on Death Row in the United States, through letter writing. It is the first established and longest running organisation of its kind, having been set up in 1988 in Cambridge, and it is the largest, having spread both nationally and internationally. LifeLines has approximately two thousand members, mainly based in the UK but also in many parts of Europe, Australia and some in the USA. We are not associated with any other similar groups.
LifeLines offers support to its members in a number of ways:
- Support of state co-ordinators
- A team of fully trained counsellors
- Twice- yearly conferences
- A quarterly 32 page A4 newsletter
- An email group for members
- A committee who oversee the organisation and deal with members? suggestions and ideas
CONTACT LIFELINES
Address: LifeLines, PO Box 347, Darlington, DL3 6WZ, U.K.
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Website: www.lifelines.org
How To Join LifeLines
LifeLines charges an annual subscription. The subscription covers co-ordinators? expenses, the cost of producing and sending the newsletter, and organising conferences.
The current rate of subscription is:
£20 A Year Waged
£10 A Year Unwaged
£25 A Year Overseas
(sterling only please)
Some of our members prefer to join LifeLines and receive our newsletter but not to write to a prisoner right away. The subscription rates for associate members are:
£10 A Year Waged
£5 A Year Unwaged
TO JOIN LIFELINES, WRITE TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE