As the one year anniversary of her incarceration emerges, Remy Ma has written to fans from her prison cell – thanking them for their continued support as she battles through an eight-year-stint behind bars.

Last spring, the 26 year old “Lean Back” star -was sentenced in May (08) on charges of assault, weapons possession and attempted coercion for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph in the abdomen outside a New York nightclub in July 2007.

Still protesting her innocence, Remy says she wouldn’t wish a life behind bars on “her worst enemy.”

In an open letter to GlobalGrind.com, the former Grammy nominee writes: “They have this program called YAP (Youth Assistance Program) they keep asking me to join. It’s a program that brings inner city kids to the prison to show them what it’s like to be incarcerated. I hear that every group asks about me but I’m a little hesitant to join. They think it will give the kids a reality check that this can happen to anyone.”

“I however feel that it’ll be more of the kids wanting to see Remy Ma the rapper and because of that they won’t get that I’m actually in jail. So I’m still contemplating,” she wrote.

Remy says the loneliness of prison is a lot tougher than she ever thought it would be:

“I rarely listen to the radio because it’s sort of depressing. Not being able to record is stressful not because I’m a rapper but because that was my way of venting and expressing myself. So I write a lot! So much that now I have a callous on my finger from holding a pen.”

She continued, “Not being able to go somewhere when you want, see your family when you want, can’t use the phone, take a shower, wear clothes, or even eat when you want – super aggravating… I really feel like an inmate.”