For the past several years, PLP has hosted students from Berkeley High School’s Law and Social Justice program. The students come twice a semester to respond to letters from incarcerated readers all over the country. The students select books, fill out address labels and invoices (including personal note to the recipient on the back) for the packages. Kids of this […]
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.
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 […]
As an all-volunteer organization we rely on each other to enhance and expand our efforts. One volunteer decided we should stock kids books and now we do! Incarcerated people write to us asking for these books so they can read them over the phone to their kids or during in-person visits. 😍
Thanks to our many generous donors we are able to stock these great titles in Spanish and more!
Check out this video that documents the move. Volunteer power! More room, more shelves, more books available to send out!
Please consider purchasing a book during this two week period so that PLP can reach the max matching donation. Details here!
To end the year, here are some highlights from PLP’s busy 2024…
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 prepare people to lead successful lives after incarceration. We believe that all people have a right to read.
Please consider donating to 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.
