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.
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.
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.
Mini-documentary on PLP-inspired B2P program
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.
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.
