New art from grateful prisoners!
We’ve been sending out a lot of ‘how to draw’ guides to prisoners recently by request – here’s some neat thank-you pictures we received last week! More info…
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A thank you poem to remember!
Here’s a wonderful ‘thank you’ poem from a grateful prisoner. It’s addressed to Prisoners Literature Project & sister bookstore Bound Together Books, which is the address prisoners have to mail to get a reply from us!
Special PLP session: come help us on MLK Jr. Day (Jan 15th!)
ANNOUNCE: the Prisoners Literature Project will be holding a special book picking/packing session on MLK Jr. Day (Monday, January 15th!) from 10am to 5pm.
New York’s pilot program blocks ‘books to prisoners’ programs
New York State is piloting a program which only allows a few prison-industrial complex ‘approved vendors’ – which have a limited, unhelpful set of full-priced books – to send packages to prisoners. More info…
New art from grateful inmates to the PLP
As the Prisoners Literature Project powers through the rest of 2017, we wanted to highlight a couple of new pieces of art recently sent in to us. More info…
PLP volunteer sessions: still running through the holiday!
Our volunteer sessions are running all the way through the holiday, including Xmas Eve and New Year’s Eve (both Sundays!) and Wednesday 27th, for anyone who’d like to come and help us pick/pack books for prisoners. More info…
Thanks for #GivingTuesday, keep PLP in mind at year-end!
We just wanted to thank everybody for your amazing response to our GivingTuesday campaign – we met our matching goal, thanks to you all! More info…
PLP’s 2017 Holiday Party – December 17th!
Hey there PLP volunteers & friends,
We’d like to invite you to our 2017 Prisoners Literature Project holiday party.
PLP’s Giving Tuesday campaign – help us out, get your donation matched!
As Giving Tuesday (November 28th) approaches, we at the Prisoners Literature Project are launching a special fundraising campaign. More info…
Visit PLP at the Howard Zinn Book Fair!
Come visit the Prisoners Literature Project at the Howard Zinn Book Fair, next Sunday (Nov.19th) from 10am to 6pm at City College of San Francisco!
About the Prisoners Literature Project
The Prisoners Literature Project is an all-volunteer grassroots group that sends hundreds of free book packages to needy prisoners in the United States every month.
Please consider donating to the PLP or volunteering your time (if you live in the Bay Area, CA!) to help us answer letters from prisoners who write us from all over the United States.
