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PUBLICATIONS
With every package of books, we send a list of resources for prisoners around the country. By providing prisoners information about places they and their families can turn for support, advocacy, health care information, and outlets for their creativity, we offer a much-needed lifeline to the outside community.
National Prisoners Resource List (pdf, 51kb)
Legal and Prisoner Support Resource List (pdf, 14 kb)
Alcohol, Drug and Other Addictions Resource List (pdf, 12kb)
You will need to download Adobe Reader in order to view these files.
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LINKS
Other Prison Books Organizations
BOOKS 2 PRISONERS
831 Elysian Fields Box# 143
New Orleans, LA 70117
books2prisoners@riseup.net
Free books to Louisiana prisoners only.
BOOK 'EM
P.O. Box 71357
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
www.prisoners.com/bookemi.html
Free books to prisoners in PA only.
BOOKS THROUGH BARS
4722 Baltimore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19143
215-727-8170
www.booksthroughbars.org
Sends progressive political and educational materials at no charge to state and federal prisoners in all states except MI. and OR. Donates books directly to county jail libraries but does not accept individual requests from county jail prisoners. Request books by topic. No catalog. Donations including artwork and stamps greatly appreciated.
BOOKS THROUGH BARS - NYC
c/o Bluestockings
172 Allen St
New York, NY 10002
www.abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html
Ships to prisoners nationwide. Specializes in political and history books. Also sends literary fiction and other educational books. Does not send religious literature. Donations of stamps and cash are appreciated. If you send a money order, please make it out to the groups fiscal sponsor, ABC No Rio.
BOOKS THRU BARS OF ITHACA
C/o Autumn Leaves Used Books
115 The Commons
Ithaca, NY 14850
www.booksthrubars.org
Free books to New York state prisoners.
BOOKS TO PRISONERS
C/o Left Bank Books
92 Pike St., Box A
Seattle, WA 98101
www.bookstoprisoners.net
The longest running project of its kind. Free books to prisoners Nationwide. Request by subject, no religious materials or legal materials. donations appreciated. Special Note - Does not ship to prisons who require all books sent to be new.
CHICAGO BOOKS TO WOMEN IN PRISON
C/o Beyond Media Education
7013 N. Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
www.chicagobwp.org
free books to women prisoners in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi and Ohio.
DC PRISONS BOOK PROJECT
P.O. Box 5206
Hyattsville, MD 20782
www.quixote.org/ej/bookstoprisons/
Free books to prisoners nationwide.
GAINESVILLE BOOKS FOR PRISONERS
P.O. Box 12164
Gainesville, FL 32604
www.civicmediacenter.org/links/2003/11/01/13.29.05.htm
Covers prisoners nationwide. Accepts Requests by topic of interest only.
INSIDE BOOKS PROJECT
C/o 12th St. Books
827 West 12th Street
Austin, TX 78701
www.insidebooksproject.com
Sends free books and literature to prisoners in Texas only. Does not accept requests for hardcover, bibles, pulp fiction, or pornography. Send 1 37 cent stamp for resource list and newsletter. Accepts artwork donations for their yearly prisoner art show.
MIDWEST BOOKS TO PRISONERS
C/O Quimby's Bookstore
1573 North Milwaukee Ave. PMB #460
Chicago, IL 60622
http://www.freewebs.com/mwbtp/
mwbtp@riseup.net
Free books to midwest prisoners.
MIDWEST PAGES TO PRISONERS PROJECT
C/o Boxcar Books
310A S. Washington St.
Bloomington, IN 47401
812-339-8710
No Texas or Michigan prisoner requests.
PORTLAND BOOKS TO PRISONERS
P.O. Box 11222
Portland, OR 97211
portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/06/265772.shtml
Sends books to state and federal prisoners in all states except Oregon. Request by topic not author. No legal or religious requests.
PRISON BOOK PROGRAM
1306 Hancock St. Suite 100
Quincy, MA 02169
617-423-3298 (NO collect calls)
www.prisonbookprogram.org/
Covers all states but CA, MA, MD, MI, PA, or TX (except Gatesville and Huntsville). Does not offer computer books, horror, romance, textbooks, true crime, or white supremacist materials. Publishes the National Prisoner Resource List free to prisoners nationwide on request.
PRISON BOOK PROJECT
C/o Food for Thought Books
P.O. Box 396
Amherst, MA 01004-0396
(413) 584-8975 ext. 208
www.prisonbooks.org
Serves prisoners in New England states (Maine, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI) and Texas only. Request books by topics of interest, not title. No mailing list or catalogue. No hardback books.
PRISON LITERATURE PROJECT
C/o Bound Together Bookstore
1369 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
plp.versuspress.com/plphome.htm
No Texas requests. Request types of books-not specific titles, Stamps or donations greatly appreciated.
PROVIDENCE BOOKS THROUGH BARS
C/o Atlas Bower Books
245 Meeting Street
Providence, RI 02906
prov_booksthroughbars@yahoo.org
Free books to prisoners nationwide.
THE PRISON LIBRARY PROJECT
915 West Foothill Blvd. Suite C128
Claremont, CA 91711
Free books on self-help, personal and spiritual growth, wellness, and metaphysical books. No law books, technical, or GED. No catalogue. Free resource guide on request.
WOMENS PRISON BOOK PROJECT
C/o Arise Bookstore
2441 Lyndale Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55405
www.prisonactivist.org/wpbp
wpbp@prisonactivist.org
Ships to all states except OR, MI, CO, and WV. Free books to women prisoners only. No county jail requests. Does not ship hardback books. Free resource guide for women and transgender prisoners. Encourages women and transgender prisoners to write articles for their newsletter. Write for more details.
Organizations for Family Members of Prisoners
All of Us or None
www.allofusornone.org
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
www.famm.org/index2.htm
November Coalition
www.november.org/
Chicago Legal Aid to Incarcerated Mothers
www.c-l-a-i-m.org/
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
www.prisonerswithchildren.org/
Political Prisoners
Movement to free Sundiata Acoli
http://sundiata.afrikan.net/
Break the Chains Network
www.breakthechains.net
Movement to Free Mumia Abu Jamal
www.mumia.org/freedom.now/
Movement to Free Leonard Peltier
www.freepeltier.org/
Jericho Movement to Free Political Prisoners
www.thejerichomovement.com/
Anarchist Black Cross
www.anarchistblackcross.org/
Campaign to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners/Prisoners of War
http://prolibertadweb.tripod.com
Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners
www.prisonactivist.org/ooc/
Prison Activist Organizations
Stop Prisoner Rape
www.spr.org
Coalition for the Abolition of Prisons
www.noprisons.org
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
http://womenprisoners.org/
California Prison Focus
www.prisons.org/
Critical Resistance
www.criticalresistance.org/
ACLU National Prison Project
www.aclu.org/Prisons/PrisonsMain.cfm
National Coalition Against the Death Penalty
www.ncadp.org/
Western Prisons Project
www.westernprisonproject.org/
Native Prisoner Support Network
www.napn.us/
Human Rights Abuses in Prisons/Prison Conditions
Prison Policy Initiative
www.prisonpolicy.org
Prison Research/Statistics
www.prisonsucks.com
Amnesty International Report on conditions for women in US prisons
www.amnestyusa.org/women/womeninprison.html
Human Rights Watch Prison Page
www.hrw.org/prisons/
The Sentencing project
www.sentencingproject.org/
