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
Double your impact for Independent Bookstore Day 2024!
Independent Bookstore Day 2024 is your big opportunity to support local booksellers and stock up on new selections for yourself — and once again, for PLP as well.
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.
Prisoners Literature Project – how you helped us deliver in 2023!
As the New Year approaches, we want to thank all of our co-ordinators, volunteers, bookstore partners, and donors for making 2023 another very successful year.
PLP Giving Tuesday update – matching funds now $5,500!
Thanks to a kind donor, the matching for Prisoners Literature Project’s Giving Tuesday campaign has been upped to $5,500. So every dollar you give, up to $5.5k has its impact doubled, until Friday, Dec. 1st.
PLP needs your help with our deficit – get your donation $ doubled!
For our annual #GivingTuesday campaign, and Prisoners Literature Project has a special ask. To help us, we’ve put together $3,000 in matching funds, so the dollars you donate can be doubled from now until the end of November.
Halloween Horror Book Showcase
Watch our new Halloween video! Horror books are in high demand by incarcerated readers. Help us “flesh out” our horror section by purchasing a scary book. Details including a range of titles on our donate page.
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.
