Honoring Black History Month at the PLP
February is Black History Month, and the Prisoners Literature Project is honoring the month by updating our book wishlist with a host of titles themed around the month.
February is Black History Month, and the Prisoners Literature Project is honoring the month by updating our book wishlist with a host of titles themed around the month.
We thought we’d present three recent thank-you letters – so we can pass along the sense of gratitude prisoners have when we’re able to get them books, with your kind help.
The Prisoners Literature Project is proud to announce a new initiative working with local bookstores in the Bay Area, highlighting books that can be bought for prisoners directly at high-quality independent book stores.
The Belly Of The Beast documentary, “An exposĂ© of human rights abuses in women’s prisons, highlighting modern-day eugenics & reproductive injustice”, has announced a holiday book drive in association with the Prisoners Literature Project.
The Prisoners Literature Project would like to thank two different organizations who made kind donations to the PLP, so that we could use them on postage for ‘books to prisoners’ mail.
Great news – this awesome ‘save the USPS’ T-shirt from IWantMyHoneyTV is available for a limited time only.
We haven’t been publicizing our Amazon wishlist for ‘special requests’ too much.. until now!
A quick update: sadly, Prisoners Literature Project still can’t host regular volunteer sessions, and may not be able to for some time.
A couple of co-ordinators are going in individually, & Gina kindly passed along this wonderful thank-you letter from a prisoner.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Prisoner Literature Project is suspending Wednesday and Sunday volunteer sessions until further notice.