Books Behind Bars - How To Help
Contact Libraries in Your Area:Libraries and schools alike discard books no longer in use. Prisons may be in need of this literature. Invite your local library to participate in our program or volunteer to do it yourself.
Link to the Books Behind Bars Project: http://www.writeaprisoner.com/books-behind-bars/ - WriteAPrisoner.com's Books Behind Bars Program turns old books into new people. Help promote literacy in prisons across the nation by sending in your old books. Please send them in today and be sure to share this program with your friends and family.
Resource Links: Prison Literacy Programs (research article) Report on Model Prison Programs Report on Prison Literacy Programs ABC Prison Literacy Program Canadian Model: Transition to the Community - Prison Literacy Programs Arizona Prison Education Programs National Assessment of Adult Literacy: Prison Literacy Library Issues: Offender Literacy in California Florida Literacy Coalition: Corrections Charity Guide Volunteers for Literacy Assessing Literacy Learning in Prison Guilford College Students Tutor Inmates Canadian Education Association: Prison Literacy Initiative