What the three of them share is an attempt to keep in touch with the outside world via the Internet.

Of course, most don't have access to computers. Neither are they familiar with the concept since the online revolution took place while they were in jail. Through the efforts of families and friends, they are making an effort to keep in touch.

Anthony Papa, now a speaker on American drug and prison laws, spent 15 years in New York's famous Sing Sing prison. On his site, today, he displays art created during those years behind bars.

Brandon Hein's site hosts poetry written by him: "But suddenly I wake up with the police in my face, Just to find myself back in the same ol' place; We are so far apart, divided by time, With you in your world and me in mine…." He admits to not having access to a computer and expresses himself with the help of friends and relatives in order to prevent similar tragedies from affecting others.

Some also use the Internet to voice their side of the story. Becky Pardue, wife of Michael Rene Pardue, says he was 'wrongfully convicted on May 22, 1973' and has been in prison ever since. She is now appealing against the judgment and uses the site to tell you how you can help.

Then there's Charles Manson, prime suspect in and mastermind behind the Tate murders in 1969, who has been serving time at California's Corcoran State Prison for 31 years now. Despite the decades between the crime and now, there is still a lot of information on him online.

Also serving a life sentence for the Tate murders at the Mule Creek Prison in North Carolina, Charles Watson met his wife through correspondence after entering prison. He converted to Christianity, began abounding love ministries, and uses the site to tell his story. Watson describes how he became a follower of Manson, committed crimes and then became a minister, thanks to religious studies in prison. He is still serving time, but continues to talk via the site maintained by his wife, Kristin.

Prisonzone has information on prisoners with personal sites, while prisoners.com helps give the oppressed a voice of their own. Prisoners also want love and companionship, which is what inmate services run by the Prison Reform Unity Project proves. The site hosts profiles of thousands of prisoners who are looking for people to correspond with.

You may not fancy a penpal in prison. But for them, the World Wide Web is the only means of voicing an opinion while they wait for freedom. Or death.