• The Aleph
Institute
9540 Collins Ave, Surfside FL 33154 / Tel: (305) 864-5553 / Website:
www.alephinstitute.org
Aleph is a not-for-profit national organization which has created and
implemented a host of programs over the past 20 years that provide alternatives
to incarceration, rehabilitate inmates, counsel and assist their families, and
provide moral and ethical educational programs inculcating universal truths and
concepts common to all of humanity. Jewish inmates may write to receive free
books, regular monthly literature, holiday offerings, and family programs.
• Books for
Prisoners
c/o Groundwork Books, 0323 Student Center, La Jolla CA 92037 / Tel: (858)
452-9625 /
E-mail:
groundwork@libertad.ucsd.edu
Groundwork Books offers up to two books per person, free of charge. Send your
request, specifying your interests, and we will send you a detailed booklet for
that area of interest. Subjects: politics, spirituality, feminism, dictionaries,
culture, social criticism, and select novels. Stamp donations are appreciated
but not required.
• Books
Through Bars
4722 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia PA 19143 / Tel: ( 215) 727-8170 / E-mail:
info@BooksThroughBars.org /
Website: www.BooksThroughBars.org
We offer a wide range of reading materials free of charge to inmates. Request
books by topic and specific subject areas (for example: novels, self-help,
American history, etc.). If you wish, you may request specific titles or
authors, however, we may not be able to provide these. No legal books.
Donations, including stamps, are greatly appreciated. Please send information
regarding prison regulations for reading material being sent in.
• Books to
Prisoners (BTP)
92 Pike St Box A, Seattle WA 98104
BTP sends donated books to prisoners. Choice of books is limited. Please send a
list of topics you are interested in. No legal or religious books. It may take
six to eight months for material to arrive, please be patient. Donations of
stamps are appreciated.
• Books to
Prisons D.C. Area
PO Box 5206, Hyattsville MD 20782 / Tel: (301) 699-0042 / E-mail:
bookstoprisoners@quixote.org
Books to Prisons offers free educational as well as a wide selection of fiction
and nonfiction reading material to prisoners around the United States free of
charge. Please send requests for your general interests.
• The Granite
Publishing Group
PO Box 1429, Columbus NC 28722 / Tel: (828) 894-8444 / E-mail:
brian@5thworld.com /
Website: http://5thworld.com
Inmates may write to receive free books on subjects that support the cultivation
of planetary consciousness. The metaphysical/transformational subjects of our
books range from Native American spirituality to the extraterrestrial presence.
Please send postage if possible.
• The Inside
Books Project
c/o 12th Street Books, 827 West 12th St, Austin TX 78701 / Tel: (512) 647-4803 /
E-mail:
insidebooksproject@yahoo.com
We send books free of charge to Texas inmates only. Please expect a three to six
month wait. We also offer a resource list and a free newsletter. Donations
and/or stamps are appreciated if possible.
• Prison Book
Program
Lucy Parson's Center & Bookstore, 110 Arlington St, Boston MA 02116 / Tel: (617)
423-3298
You may request topics or titles: limited legal materials, educational, social,
political, fiction, and books in Spanish. No catalogue, however a resource list
is available. We do not send books to California, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, or Texas. Be patient, there is often a wait for a few weeks or months.
• Prison Book
Project
PO Box 396, Amherst MA 01004-0396 / Tel: (413) 584-8975 ext. 208 / E-mail:
info@prisonbooks.org /
Website: www.prisonbooks.org
You may request books by topics of interest. We do our best to meet the needs
and demands of inmates. You may also request a specific book and we will try to
find it for you. No mailing list or catalogue. Donations of artwork and poetry
for fundraising greatly appreciated. Sorry, no Texas inmates.
• Prisoners
Literature Project
c/o Bound Together Bookstore, 1369 Haight St, San Francisco CA 94117 / Tel:
(415) 431-8355
You may request types of books—not specific titles. No Christian, Islamic,
horror, romance novels, or legal books. Stamps or donations are greatly
appreciated but are not required. Main types of books usually requested:
dictionaries, ethnic studies, basic educational books. Sorry, no Texas
prisoners.
• The Prison
Library Project
915 West Foothill Blvd PMB 128, Claremont CA 91711
The Prison Library Project supplies books free of charge to inmates who request
them. We try to provide an ongoing invitation to prisoners to embrace personal
responsibility, growth, and a deeper appreciation for the world of books, ideas,
and education. We offer books on self-help, personal and spiritual growth,
wellness, and metaphysical books. No law books, technical, or GED, and no
catalogue.
• San Diego
California Coalition for Women Prisoners (SDCCWP)
SDCCWP c/o World Beat Center, 2100 Park Blvd, San Diego CA 92101 / Tel: (619)
987-7553
SDCCWP sends books to women prisoners on various women's and political issues.
Please write to request a free book list. Stamp donations are appreciated to pay
for shipping.
• Women's
Prison Book Project (WPBP)
WPBP c/o Arise Bookstore, 2441 Lyndale Ave South, Minneapolis MN 55405 / Tel:
(612) 729-5845 /
E-mail: wpbp@prisonactivist.org /
Website:
www.prisonactivist.org/wpbp
Since 1994, the Women's Prison Book Project has provided women in prison with
free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from law and education
(dictionaries, GED, etc.) to politics, history, and women's health. There are
other prison book projects, but we seek to meet the specific needs of women in
prison.