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!
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.
What do people love about volunteering with PLP?
PLP is an all-volunteer organization so needless to way we couldn’t send out thousands of books each year without so many people contributing in different ways to our efforts. Hear from a few of our volunteers…
Check out videos of volunteers reading letters and showing book selections
Here are two videos of volunteers reading letters and showing book selections
Berkeley High students interested in law and social justice have participated in multiple book selection sessions this past year.
This past week we hosted one last letter answering session before the end of school with local high school students
What kinds of books do people ask for?
The most common requests are for genre fiction (thrillers, romance, sci-fi/fantasy, etc), self-help, business, drawing, graphic novels, science, GED material, exercise, almanacs and so much more. Here is a sample of letters that volunteers responded to recently.
See some favorite wishlist donations in 2023
Watch a video which highlights some of the great books we received in 2023.
PLP hosts session for Berkeley High Students
PLP hosted a session for Berkeley High School students this past June.
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.
