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.
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PLP thank you letters – early 2021!
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.
New initiative: Bay Area book stores support PLP!
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.
Belly Of The Beast documentary debuts PLP book drive
The Belly Of The Beast documentary, “An exposé 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.
Thanks to our ‘raising $ for the USPS’ friends!
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.
‘Save the USPS’ T-shirt benefiting PLP!
Great news – this awesome ‘save the USPS’ T-shirt from IWantMyHoneyTV is available for a limited time only.
Help PLP by buying from our book wishlist!
We haven’t been publicizing our Amazon wishlist for ‘special requests’ too much.. until now!
PLP & COVID-19 – June update
A quick update: sadly, Prisoners Literature Project still can’t host regular volunteer sessions, and may not be able to for some time.
A wonderful new thank-you letter!
A couple of co-ordinators are going in individually, & Gina kindly passed along this wonderful thank-you letter from a prisoner.
IMPORTANT: PLP suspending volunteer sessions.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Prisoner Literature Project is suspending Wednesday and Sunday volunteer sessions until further notice.
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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. 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 us answer letters from prisoners who write us from all over the United States.
