Ninna Gaensler-Debs National News When The Pandemic Closed Prisons To Visitors Loved Ones Picked Up Pen And Paper Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Ninna Gaensler-Debs In the year since the pandemic caused most prisons to shut their gates to visitors, people have not been able to see their incarcerated friends and family. So, some turned to letter writing. Listen • 3:52