Other Organizations
Prison Book Programs
Current as of February 2024
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Alabama
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Serves AL and TX
PO Box 130699
Birmingham AL 35213
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Arizona
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Serves AZ only
P.O. Box 44014
Tucson, AZ, 85733-4014
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California
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Serves all states
915 West Foothill Blvd #128
Claremont, CA 91711
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Related
Pages for Individuals in Prison serves CA only
Requests through the Prison Library Project only
Instagram: pip.hrb.ucsb
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Serves all states except TX
Bound Together Books
1369 Haight St, S.F., CA 94117
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Serves CA only
University Library
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
sdsuprisonbookproject@gmail.com
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Serves CA, FL, NY, OR, PA, and TX
CSI Box #157, 1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616
davisbookstoprisons@protonmail.com
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​Illinois
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Chicago Books to Women in Prison
Serves all states (women in Federal prisons and trans women in men's prisons), AZ, AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, IL, IN, KY, MS, TN, VT, WA (women’s state prisons)
c/o RFUMC, 4511 N. Hermitage Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
chicagobwp@gmail.com
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Serves IL youth
In These Times
2040 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
liberationlibraryil@gmail.com
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Priority to Midwestern states
Quimby’s Bookstore
1321 North Milwaukee Ave. PMB #460
Chicago, IL 60622
midwestb2p@gmail.com
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Urbana Champaign Books To Prisoners
Serves IL only
Box 515
Urbana, IL 61803
contact@books2prisoners.org
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Indiana
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Serves AR, IA, IN, KS, ND, OK, and SD
PO Box 1324
Bloomington IN 47402
mwpp@pagestoprisoners.org
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Florida
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Gainesville Books to Prisoners
Serves FL
433 S. Main St.
Gainesville FL 32601
gnvb2p@gmail.com
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Serves FL only
1040 N. Guillemard St.
Pensacola, FL 32501
openbookspcola@riseup.net
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Lousiana
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Serves AR, AL, and LA
3157 Gentilly Blvd #141
New Orleans, LA 70122
admin@lab2p.org​
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Massachusetts
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Great Falls Books Through Bars
Serves all states except MA,
PO Box 391
Greenfield, MA 01302
gfbooksthroughbars@riseup.net
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Serves all states except CA, MI, TX,
c/o Lucy Parsons Book Store
1306 Hancock Street, Suite 100
Quincy, MA 02169
info@prisonbookprogram.org
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Minnesota
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Serves incarcerated women, trans, and nonbinary people across the U.S
3501 Aldrich Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55408
womensprisonbookproject@gmail.com
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Missisippi
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Serves MS
PO Box 1002
Jackson, MS 39215
info@bighousebooksms.org
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Missouri
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Serves IL, IN, KS, and MO
C/O Subterranean Books
6271 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63130
Office Address: 438 N. Skinker, St. Louis MO 63130
moprisonbooks@gmail.com
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New Jersey
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Serves NJ
PO Box 2611
Wildwood NJ 08260
info@booksbehindbarsnj.com
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New York
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Serves NY only
120 Wall St., Floor 29
New York City, NY 10005
booksbeyondbarsny@gmail.com
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Serves all states except AL, FL, LA, MA, MI, MS, NC, and OH
c/o Bluestockings Bookstore
116 Suffolk Street
New York, NY. 10002
info@booksthroughbarsnyc.org
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Serves NY
PO Box 132
Beacon NY 12508
info@prisonbooksproject.org​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​North Carolina
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Serve NC, and SC
c/o Downtown Books and News
67 N. Lexington Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
ashevilleprisonbooks@gmail.com​
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North Carolina Women's Prison Book Project
Serves women in NC
Box 1524
Durham NC 27702
ncwomensprisonbooks@gmail.com
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Prison Books Collective Publishing and Distribution
Serves AL and NC, federal prisons across the mid-atlantic region (AL, KY, MD, NC, TN, VA, and WV), zines to all states
P.O. Box 625
Carrboro, NC 27510
prisonbooks@gmail.com
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Tranzmission Prison Book Project
Prioritizes LGBTQ)
PO Box 1874
Asheville, NC 28802
tranzmissionprisonproject@gmail.com
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Ohio
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Serves OH only
P.O. Box 45
Rutland, OH 45775
athensbooks2prisoners@gmail.com
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Prioritizes OH
c/o Red Bird Books
P.O. Box 10599
Columbus OH 43201
redbirdbookstoprisoners@gmail.com
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Oregon
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Affiliate of BTP (Seattle)
P.O. Box 11222
Portland OR 97211
pdxbookstoprisoners@riseup.net
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Serves all states (federal prisons), and CA, NV, OR, and TX (state prisons)
PO Box 524
Ashland, OR 97520
rogueliberationlibary@gmail.com
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Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh Prison Book Project
Serves PA only
P.O. Box 71357
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
pghprisonbookproject@gmail.com​​
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Serves PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD, and VA
4722 Baltimore Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19143
info@booksthroughbars.org
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Rhode Island
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Serves all states except AL, AR, FL, ID, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NE, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, WA, and WI
c/o Paper Nautilus Books
19 S. Angell St.
Providence RI 02906
providencebtb@gmail.com
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Texas
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Serves TX only (no county jails)
PO Box 301029
Austin TX 78703
insidebooksproject@gmail.com
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Virginia
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Virginia Tech Prison Book Project
Serves VA only
115 Major Williams Hall
220 Stanger Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061
bbritt@vt.edu
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Washington
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Only accepts requests from BTP Seattle
olybtp@gmail.com
Only accepts requests from BTP Seattle
bookstoprisonersspokane@gmail.com
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Lopez Island Books to Prisoners
Serves WA and AK
PO Box 327
Lopez Island, WA 98261
lopezislandbtp@gmail.com
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Washington D.C.
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Serves all states except CT, FL, IL, MA, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, and WI
P.O. Box 34190
Washington D.C., 20043
btopdc@gmail.com
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West Virginia
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Appalachian Prison Book Project
Serves KY, MD, OH, TN, VA, and WV
P.O. Box 601
Morgantown, WV 26507
appalachianpbp@gmail.com
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Wisconsin
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Serve LGBTindividuals, except in TX
c/o Social Justice Center Incubator
1202 Williamson St, Suite 1
Madison, WI 53703
lgbtbookstoprisoners@gmail.com
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Serves WI only WI
1202 Williamson St, Suite 1,
Madison, WI 53703
wisconsinbookstoprisoners@gmail.com
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Canada​​​​​​​​
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Serves all Canadian provinces
P.O. Box 78005
1755 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5N 5W1
bookstoprisoners.bc@gmail.com or books@prisonjustice.ca/
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Serves all Canadian provinces
OPIRG Carleton
University Centre, 326,
1125 Colonel By Dr,
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
b2pottawa@gmail.com​​​
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Open Door Books aka Books To Prisoners Montreal
Serves primarily Canada
c/o QPIRG Concordia
1455 de Maisonneuve O
Montreal, H3G 1M8, Canada
bookstoprisoners@gmail.com​​​​
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Prisoner Correspondence Project
Serves Queer & trans people in US/Canada
c/o QPIRG Concordia,
1455 de Maisonneuve O,
Montreal, H3G 1M8, Canada
info@prisonercorrespondenceproject.com​​​​​​​
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Legal Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street 18th Floor, New York, New York 10004-2400
Prison issues and legal and legislative updates. A possible resource for legal assistance contact the ACLU chapter in your state.
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An independent 36-page monthly publication that provides a cutting edge review and analysis of prisoner rights, court rulings, and news about prison issues.
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Prison Activist Resource Center
PO Box 339, Berkeley, CA 94701 | (510) 893-4648 | parc@prisonactivist.org
An excellent source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system. The project includes resources for educators and activists, and up-to-date news and analysis on issues such as the prison crisis, women prisoners, and control units. The Women’s Prison Book Project out of Minneapolis can also be contacted through this website.
Other Organizations
The Justice Arts Coalition (JAC) unites teaching artists, arts advocates, incarcerated artists and their loved ones in an effort to build and support a common agenda and provide a unique voice in public dialogue around the intersection of the arts and justice.
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Formerly University Beyond Bars, RECLAIM provides reintegration support for individuals and families, focused on mental, emotional, and relational health to prepare for the return home.
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We provide inmate services, prisoner publications, education for inmates, prisoner services, and other products for the incarcerated. We also offer self-publishing services to inmates and their loved ones.
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American Prison Writing Archive
The mission of the APWA is to override preexisting notions of prisons and incarcerated people, with first-person accounts by those who live and work in the criminal justice system.
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Left Bank Books Collective
92 Pike Street, Box A, Seattle, WA 98101 | (206) 622-0195
A dedicated supporter of Books to Prisoners. They are also Seattle’s best bookstore and a radical collective of great folks.