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Dev tools · July 1, 2020

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Ameelio – Free and Open Source Prison Communication Platform (Part II)

A couple of months ago I made a post here announcing the launch of Letters, the first application developed by Ameelio (https://ameelio.org), a non-profit organization committed to making communication free between incarcerated people and their loved ones. Letters allows users to sign up, type a letter to their loved-one in prison/jail and we handle printing, packaging, stamping and shipping through USPS. It's still totally free and unlimited. We've also have went open source. (https://github.com/ameelio) When I made the post on HN…

Ameelio – Free and Open Source Prison Communication Platform (Part II) launched on July 1, 2020 with 15 votes, #974 of 4,305 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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Ameelio is a non-profit platform that enables free communication between incarcerated people and their loved ones. Users can compose letters through the application, and Ameelio handles printing, packaging, stamping, and delivery via USPS at no cost. The service is unlimited and open source, allowing developers to contribute to the project. It serves over 5,500 users seeking to maintain connections with incarcerated family and friends.

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A couple of months ago I made a post here announcing the launch of Letters, the first application developed by Ameelio (https://ameelio.org), a non-profit organization committed to making communication free between incarcerated people and their loved ones. Letters allows users to sign up, type a letter to…

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