The Prisoners Literature Project is an all-volunteer, non-profit group that sends free books directly to prisoners who request them from throughout the United States.  Working almost continuously for thirty years, our U.S. prison books program has gotten (literally) tons of books into the American prison system, while staying overwhelmingly ‘grassroots’ – no full-time employees, no overhead eating up your donations.

PLP is run entirely by volunteers and funded entirely by donations.  All funds go to pay for postage, mailing supplies, rent, & books specially requested by prisoners, including dictionaries (our number one request).  Our project started in the back room of Bound Together Books, an anarchist bookstore on San Francisco’s Haight Street.

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