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 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.
This great mini-documentary on Lisa Frank, who runs the boutique Adobe Books to Prisoners service out of San Francisco, specifically cites PLP as her original inspiration.
A new NPR article is delving into why books are banned in U.S. prisons, with some interesting quotes from prison officials and activists.
This article from Curbed SF mentions Prisoners Literature Project as a good place to donate your unwanted books!
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.
