LOS ANGELES — Finding it hard to express just the right sentiment to your loved one in prison? A Los Angeles company may have the answer. Attorney Terrye L. Cheathem noticed a market Hallmark wasn't serving and founded Three Squares Greetings, which provides cards for inmates.

"With more than 2.5 million people incarcerated in the Unites States today, I saw that there was a tremendous need," she said.

Some express simple good wishes: "We are all praying for you while you do your time."

But most show a tougher sort of love.

A Christmas greeting partly reads: "You had the choice to be 'naughty or nice.' And you chose ... Oh well, now you have to do your time."

Cheathem said she came up with the cards when her brother-in-law served 11 months in prison. She said she went searching for the appropriate greeting card, but couldn't find what she was looking for.

"There weren't any cards on the shelf that said anything like, 'Hey, you must make better choices,'" she said.

Cheathem designs and writes the cards and sells them online and at a handful of stores across the nation.

"This is one product no one wants to receive and no one wants to buy, but if you need it, it's there," she said.


when you care enough to send the very best

"Sorry you got attacked in the laundry room Daddy... Get Well Soon!"

*is thinking of a certain cowboy song from Family Guy *

lol

I can't imagine being uncouth enough to send anyone in prison a card... birthdays and regualr holidays, maybe..but nothing pertaining to being in jail..

Now that's a card I hope to never receive.

I agree, some of those so called greetings are just plain nasty! But sure they should have access to sending their children, families birthday, and holiday greetings. As well as recieving ones with possitive messages too!

You'd have to be a real a****** to give someone of of those.

It is a novel idea, but I can't see anyone sending these to inmates...Who knows, those on the outside might just get a kick out of it.....

One card I don't want to receive...

You think you're an outlaw
So I bought you this card
As you sit there in prison
and get shanked in the yard



Ooohhh - I gotta get a job at Hallmark!

LOL! That is great, Biff!

- Thanks!

I still think it's crazy that some of these card companies try to come up with so many dumb ideas to sell a card.

omg!! lmao!

From the lawfirm of Dewey, Cheathem and Howe... (An old Three Stooges gag...)

An attorney named Cheathem? Pretty funny stuff...seems like it would be bad for business...or good, I am not sure...