A social worker I know recently described to me the growing popularity of "prison pen-pal" websites, where you can correspond with the felon of your dreams. It strikes me there are three things I wanna know before pouring my heart out to a 'vic: (i) is she cute (ii) when does she get out (iii) how did this lass end up in the joint to begin with. Browsing through a few sites, there was only one which I feel meets my rigorous demands: www.writeaprisoner.com. The selection of available inmates is more limited than some others, but it makes up for this in spades with a wealth of inforation such as: sexual orientation, zodiac sign, and the all-important yes/no answer to the "death row question." Feel free to correspond with your personal favorite.

Meet Casey, inmate R-36263 at the Illinois Department of Corrections facility in Lincoln, IL.. Casey is a single, white, Baptist female from Greenville, IL. She is straight, and is not on death row. Here's Casey:

She writes, "I want someone who's honest, open-minded, and not afraid to take a chance. I'm looking for a guy who can talk to me about any and everything. Are you sincere, honest, hard-working, and romantic? Do you truly have what it takes to stand by me? Do you believe that love is stronger than time or space? If so, you're the guy I'm searching for. Write me, and you will find a girl with a heart full of love, a girl who just needs someone to believe in. I'm a country" girl at heart, looking for a man to share my heart with. If you're ready for real love from a real girl, you're ready for me."

I hope you have what it takes to stand by her..shes 7 years into an accessory to 1st-degree murder charge. Now, maybe she just fel in with the wrong crowd, she sure sounds sweet to me. Well...until you read a press clipping of her trial. "In Hillsboro, showing no emotion during more than 2 hours on the witness stand Thursday, 17-year-old Casey Buske described watching as Robin Hickman slit a woman's throat, shot her in the head and then set her bedroom on fire." There's a loving heart right there, but you better act fast, her profile has been viewed over 23,000 times.