Prisoners Literature Project

Prisoners Literature Project: help us make our $2,500 match for #GivingTuesday

It’s time for our annual #GivingTuesday campaign, and we at Prisoners Literature Project have again put together $2,500 in matching funds, so the dollars you donate can be doubled from now until the end of December.
Focus on the PLP bookshelves

Prisoners Literature Project sends out over 30,000 books a year! There are a huge range of topics requested by incarcerated readers. We do our best to stock books in some of the more popular areas. Here are a few such titles that we thought we’d share.
What do people love about volunteering with PLP?

PLP is an all-volunteer organization so needless to way we couldn’t send out thousands of books each year without so many people contributing in different ways to our efforts. Hear from a few of our volunteers…
Spring/Summer 2024 Thank You Letters

Here are some of the lovely and much appreciated notes we’ve received from book recipients over recent months.

Spring/Summer 2024 Thank You Letters

Here are some of the lovely and much appreciated notes we’ve received from book recipients over recent months.

What goes on during a volunteer session?

Find out more about volunteer sessions in our new space!

About the Prisoners Literature Project

The Prisoners Literature Project is an inclusive, all-volunteer, grassroots nonprofit whose purpose is to encourage reading, the pursuit of knowledge, and self-determination among incarcerated people. By sending free reading materials to those behind bars, PLP aims to foster learning and critical thinking and help prepare people to lead successful lives after incarceration. We believe that all people have a right to read.

Please consider donating to the PLP or volunteering your time (if you live in the Bay Area, CA!) to help our prison book program answer letters from prisoners who write us from all over the United States.

Latest News

Prisoners Literature Project: help us make our $2,500 match for #GivingTuesday

Dec 2024

It’s time for our annual #GivingTuesday campaign, and we at Prisoners Literature Project have again put together $2,500 in matching funds, so the dollars you donate can be doubled from now until the end of December.

Focus on the PLP bookshelves

Nov 2024

Prisoners Literature Project sends out over 30,000 books a year! There are a huge range of topics requested by incarcerated readers. We do our best to stock books in some of the more popular areas. Here are a few such titles that we thought we’d share.

New display at Alameda bookstore

Sep 2024

Loving the support of another Books Inc. location in Alameda! Stop by and check it out and enjoy the nearby restaurants, outdoor seating, theatre and movieplex, and much more. It’s a fun place to hangout. Help PLP and support a local independent bookstore first opened in 1851!