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"How Books Can Change Lives Behind Bars"
Tyler Gleckler of the podcast Wiser Tomorrow interviews Andy Chan of Books to Prisoners. Tyler asks thoughtful questions. He gives Andy...
Aug 14, 20241 min read
How the pandemic changed the volunteer experience at Books to Prisoners
Seattle Now is a weekday podcast produced by public radio station KUOW. Beginning at six minutes, board member Andy Chan describes how we...
Feb 28, 20231 min read
"Malcolm X Not Allowed" (8 articles)
In December 2021, we received a package that had been refused by the mailroom at the South Central Correctional Center in Clifton,...
Jun 1, 20221 min read
Accessing Information While Incarcerated, featuring Michelle Dillon
Episode 3 of the Restricted Reading Podcast Series on Kouvenda Media "Michelle Dillon, volunteer and board member for Books to Prisoners...
Sep 23, 20211 min read
"Iowa State Prisons Ban Family Members, Third Parties From Sending Books To Inmates"
Iowa Public Radio cites Books to Prisoners and other advocates of incarcerated people's right to read, as well as friends and family...
May 1, 20211 min read
Books to Prisoners receives the 2020 Prowda Literary Champion Award
Seattle Arts and Lectures (SAL) chose Books to Prisoners to receive the 2020 Prowda Literary Champion Award. From their site, "The Prowda...
Feb 3, 20201 min read
2019 - Books to Prisoners Challenges WA DOC Book Ban (8 articles)
In March 2019, the Washington State Department of Corrections (WA DOC) prohibited state prisons from accepting used books mailed to...
Jun 1, 20191 min read
2007-2017 Books to Prisoners News Roundup (7 articles)
Books are a Lifeline to Prisoners, June 2017, Forward Reviews The Freedom of Reading, October 2016, American Libraries Criminal Justice...
Nov 27, 20171 min read
2012 Letter Total
For the first time since records have been kept, BTP has received fewer letters than the year before. BTP received 13,566 letters in 2012...
Jan 13, 20131 min read
BTP wins 'Light a Fire' Award
Books to Prisoners has won a ‘Light a Fire’ award from Seattle Met magazine and the Seattle Foundation. The magazine wanted to highlight...
Oct 18, 20121 min read
Aug 5, 20120 min read
The U.S.’s growing for-profit detention system
In a new study, the investigative journalism group ProPublica reports on the shocking growth of the private detention industry. More than...
Jul 14, 20122 min read
No lunch for Texas prisoners
Like many Hollywood movies, it leaves you feeling that life in prison just isn’t all that challenging. As a former Texan and someone who...
Jul 9, 20121 min read
Redemptive Reading
Just read a fascinating article on a novel approach (pun intended) to prisoner rehabilitation in Brazil involving reading. Check it out:...
Jun 30, 20121 min read
BTP wins okay to send used books to Washington women’s prison
Women prisoners in Washington state BTP is working hard to get used books into WA prisons. In 2009 the Olympia BTP branch talked with the...
May 21, 20121 min read
Hieroglyphics turn prisoner away from a life of crime
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Apr 5, 20121 min read
Listen Now: KBCS interview
Andy Chan interviewed by public radio station KBCS “One World Report” at KBCS Radio, Bellevue College, asked BTP president Andy Chan to...
Feb 1, 20121 min read
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