PLP’s 2024 year in review…
(We received this beautiful drawing from a book recipient)
Here are some highlights from 2024:
- – Sent over 12,000 packages to incarcerated people, amounting to over 30,000 books!
- – Held 240 book packing sessions (3 hours each), including four with Berkeley High School students.
- – Spent over $70,000 in postage. (The current cost to send a 3lb package is $5.82. Rates go up twice a year..)
- – A group of volunteers hosted an open house to help educate friends about PLP and our mission. They raised $16,000!
- – Received donation of several thousand fantasy and science fiction books from Tor Publishing.
- – Awarded grants from several foundations – which are key to buying hard to source books.
- – Volunteers scoured local library books sales in the East Bay, South Bay and more to add thousands of books on popular topics to our bookshelves.
- – Purchased books in bulk to provide quality books on a huge range of subjects including trade skills, addiction recovery, self-help, drawing, math, science, etc.
- – Donors bought thousands of books for PLP at one of our 14 bookstore partners in Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Napa, Oakland, Palm Springs, Palo Alto, San Francisco and San Leandro.
- – Many thanks to these bookstores and staff! They provided book titles and topics that we would not have access to otherwise!
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.
