Between the Bars

About
Between the Bars/About

Between the Bars/Funding

Demo
http://betweenthebars.org -- the main page currently shows a chronological view of all posts over time. New posts are made by sending email to incoming@betweenthebars.org with the posts as attachments.

One of the main goals of the system is to provide a platform that allows people in prison to transition from paper-based blogging to electronic blogging after they are released or gain Internet access.

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Bugs

 * Should offer PDF in blog post. Needn't be "attachment", but should be available.
 * Numerical ordering of page scans, not alphabetic.
 * Larger scans? Display fewer at once?
 * User creation by moderators?
 * Photos for users, more profile info
 * Make the process of approving and setting titles and authors of posts easier.
 * Put originals next to transcription box

Features needed

 * Receive from FAX
 * Per-prison, county, jurisdictional information
 * Feeds, notifications of posts to friends/family
 * tagging for general classification
 * "About" page, work on presentation and such.