The following was shared with me and I thought I would pass it on to you all. Some of them have website. You can do a simple google search (or your favorite search engine, I happen to prefer www.excite.com) to see of they have a website.

Will


Inmate Book Projects


The following are organizations that specialize in sending books to inmates.
Check with the individual facility before writing to make sure it is allowed.
Some are available at minimal to no cost or suggest small donations or stamps.
A few are available at a fixed price.

Books to Prisoners
c/o Left Bank Books
92 Pike Street, Box A
Seattle, WA 98101
Request by subject, no religious materials. Donations suggested, not required.
Update 4/21/02 - This organization is still very much active and filling orders. Thanks!

Books for Prisoners - Book Service
c/o PAN OHIO
P. O. Box 218453
Columbus, OH 43221
Can request specific book titles - but no guarantees.

Books Through Bars
New Society Publishers
4722 Baltimore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Request books by topic, for example: novels, American History, no catalog. Donations including stamps greatly appreciated.

Books Through Bars - NYC
c/o Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street
New York, NY 10002

Inside Books Project
827 West 12th Street
Austin, TX 78701

The Prison Library Project
915 West Foothill Blvd., Suite C128
Claremont, CA 91711
Free books on self-help, personal and spiritual growth, wellness, and metaphysical books. No law books, technical, or GED.

The Readers Corner
Prison Book Program
31 Montford Ave.
Ashville, NC 28807

Bruno for the Prison Literature Project
c/o Bound Together Books
1369 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
Request types of books - not specific titles, no Christian/Islamic, horror, romance novels or legal books. Stamps or donations greatly appreciated. Offers free services. Sorry, no Texas prisoners.

Lewisburg Prison Project
P. O. Box 128
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Distributes a variety of legal bulletins and legal publications at minimal cost. Accepts stamps as payment. Write for a free list of materials offered.

Prison Book Project
P. O. Box 396
Amherst, MA 01004-0396
Sorry, no Texas prisoners. Request books by topics of interest. No mailing list or catalogue. Donations of artwork and poetry for fundraising greatly appreciated

Prison Book Program
Lucy Parson‘s Center & Bookstore
110 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
Request topics or titles; legal materials, educational, social, political, and books in Spanish. No catalogue. Does not send to CA, IN, OH, PA, or WA.

Serve the People - Free Books to Prisoners
Maoist International Movement
P. O. Box 29670
Los Angeles, CA 90029-0670
Free newsletters, journals, and books with a revolutionary perspective. Current events, revolutionary nationalism (BPP, YLP, etc.). Marxist Classics.

Specifically Religious or Spiritual Books-to-Prisoners Organizations

Core Ministries
8857 Bennett Hill Road
Central Lake, MI 49622
Publishes and distributes a prisoner newsletter, “The Christians Inmate News” to jails and prisons all over the country. Four issues a year.

TAO Inc.
(Transformational Assistance for Offenders)
11 Irving Street
Revere, MA 02151
Receive a free copy of newsletter. Send a $0.34 stamp as payment along with name and address.

Human Kindness Foundation
P. O. Box 61619
Durham, NC 27715
Two free books or catalogue of other “hard to find” spiritual books.

Organizations who you can order books from for a nominal fee:.

ACLU
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
ACLU Position Paper-Prisoner’s Rights (free to prisoners, $1 for other people).

AK Press
674A 23rd Street
Oakland, CA 94612
40% discount on books to prisoners. Distributes thousands of books on subjects ranging from left politics, literature, music, & history. Write for catalogue of books you can buy.

F&W Publications
1507 Dana Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45207
Write for a catalogue of books you can buy.

Jewish Prisoner Service International
P. O. Box 85840
Seattle, WA 98145-1840
Religious materials and support for Jewish prisoners and their families. Info available for Chaplains.

Siddha Yoga Mediation Prison Project
SYDA Foundation
P. O. Box 99140
Emeryville, CA 94662
Receive free twelve year Siddha Yoga correspondence course and additional materials and assistance.


Oceana Publications
75 Main Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522-1601
Prisoners self-help information manual $32.95.

South End Press
7 Brookline St. #1
Cambridge, MA 02139-4146
Write for a free catalogue of books you can buy.

The following programs provided free books to prisoners at one point.
It is not known if they are still in operation.
Write at you own risk!

Books Beyond Bars
P. O. Box 4865
Hialeah, FL 33014

Inside Out
P. O. Box 1019
Sacramento, CA 95812

International Bible Society
P. O. Box 35700
Colorado Springs, CO 80935-3570

Rock of Ages Prison Ministry
P. O. Box 2308
Cleveland, TN 37320
Free King James Bible, correspondence course.

National Lawyers Guild Prison Law Project
558 Capp Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Rising Sun Books
P. O. Box 4362
Allentown, PA 18105

Tower Press
RD 2 Box 411
Ducansville, PA 16635

Groundwork Books
0323 Student Center
La Jolla, CA 92037
Groundwork offers up two books per person free of charge. Subjects: politics, culture, criticism, feminism, and select novels. We will sell all books after this at 40% off original price. Write to request a book list.

Portland Books to Prisoners
P. O. Box 5998
Portland, OR 97228

Pen Writing Program
568 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
“Word over whales” - starting a writing workshop in a prison.

i appreciate the information, will.

thanks for all the information i can use a few of these

Thank you so much Will, this is a great help.

WOW~~ Great information WillyBoyWonder!!
Thanks for sharing... I printed this off and I am going to make it useful for my pals. They love getting books to read!

Miranda

Cool! Thanks! I just print it at the moment and I`m sure my friend will be happy to check it :-)