Prisonblogs.net was inspired by Josh Wolf’s experience at FDC Dublin while being held in federal custody for civil contempt. Wolf, a video blogger, still found it possible to continue text blogging while in prison through the help of family and friends. Josh saw this as a unique opportunity for empowering those who have been most disempowered, for giving a growing but silenced segment of the population a chance to be heard.

Prisonblogs.net provides free blog hosting for prisoners through uniting prisoners with sponsors who are willing to maintain the prisoners' blogs. Blogs can be text, graphics, and/or audio. Developing, enhancing, and maintaining the support tools and systems for hosting prisoners' blogs is the core mission of prisonblogs.net. SEO, site promotion, and especially Web 2.0 community building emerge as natural corollaries from this core.