Summer/Fall 2025 Thank You letters
Once again we are in awe of the appreciative letters that we receive daily here at PLP. So much good will coming from book recipients behind bars.
Banned Books Week 2025
As an organization that sends books on so many different topics to incarcerated readers, we are used to getting letters from prisons saying a book that we sent (seemingly uncontroversial) is disallowed. Deep sigh. The new restriction then gets added to the list for that facility and we re-send a different book to the incarcerated person. It’s an ongoing […]
PLP has moved to a larger space!
Check out this video that documents the move. Volunteer power! More room, more shelves, more books available to send out!
PLP + Independent Bookstore Day 2025 + Matching Grant
Please consider purchasing a book during this two week period so that PLP can reach the max matching donation. Details here!
PLP’s 2024 year in review…
To end the year, here are some highlights from PLP’s busy 2024…
CBS News covers Prisoners Literature Project!
The local CBS News affiliate in the Bay Area – KPIX – was kind enough to bring a film crew to cover Prisoners Literature Project in our Berkeley office recently.
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.
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 people prepare to lead successful lives after incarceration. We believe that all people have a right to read.
