Resources
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)
What is Abolition?
An introductory pamphlet on basic tenets of prison abolitionist thinking, put by the now 10-year old national organization Critical Resistance.
What is the Prison-Industrial Complex?
A short article describing the prison-industrial complex.
World Behind Bars: The Expansion of the American Prison Sell
This is a fantastic introduction to way prisons work, how the prison-industrial complex is driven, along with some advice for folks trying to bring it all down. It is written by two anarchists who did time for anti-war related activity, after they began doing workshops on the subject and started putting together peoples' responses as well as their own experiences. We've sent many hundreds of this publication behind bars.
Exposing "Little Guantanamo:" Inside the CMU
By political prisoner Daniel McGowan, this is a very important expose and analysis of the ominous and unconstitutional new prison facilities, the Communication Management Units. It contains new information, straight out of the CMU, and it will be a real asset in our efforts to counter the US government's war on dissent and free speech, in and outside of the prison system.
Race Treason Behind Prison Walls
Also one of the most popular zines we send, this was written by ex-Black Panther Lorenzo Ervin about his experiences behind bars. It is an excellent piece on the role of race as both a dividing and unifying factor in prison struggles.
