Other Organizations
Prison Book Programs
Current as of February 2024
Alabama
Serves AL and TX
PO Box 130699
Birmingham AL 35213
Arizona
Serves AZ only
P.O. Box 44014
Tucson, AZ, 85733-4014
California
Serves all states
915 West Foothill Blvd #128
Claremont, CA 91711
Related
Pages for Individuals in Prison serves CA only
Requests through the Prison Library Project only
Instagram: pip.hrb.ucsb
Serves all states except TX
Bound Together Books
1369 Haight St, S.F., CA 94117
Serves CA, WA, OR, UT, ID, MT, AZ, NV, CO, and WY
University Library
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
sdsuprisonbookproject@gmail.com
Serves CA, FL, NY, OR, PA, and TX
CSI Box #157, 1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616
davisbookstoprisons@protonmail.com
Florida
Gainesville Books to Prisoners
Serves FL
433 S. Main St.
Gainesville FL 32601
gnvb2p@gmail.com
Serves FL only
1040 N. Guillemard St.
Pensacola, FL 32501
openbookspcola@riseup.net
Illinois
Chicago Books to Women in Prison
Serves all states (women in Federal prisons and trans women in men's prisons), AZ, AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, IL, IN, KY, MS, TN, VT, WA (women’s state prisons)
c/o RFUMC, 4511 N. Hermitage Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
chicagobwp@gmail.com
Serves IL youth
In These Times
2040 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
liberationlibraryil@gmail.com
Priority to Midwestern states
Quimby’s Bookstore
1321 North Milwaukee Ave. PMB #460
Chicago, IL 60622
midwestb2p@gmail.com
Urbana Champaign Books To Prisoners
Serves IL only
Box 515
Urbana, IL 61803
contact@books2prisoners.org
Indiana
Serves AR, IA, IN, KS, ND, OK, and SD
PO Box 1324
Bloomington IN 47402
mwpp@pagestoprisoners.org
Lousiana
Serves AR, AL, and LA
3157 Gentilly Blvd #141
New Orleans, LA 70122
admin@lab2p.org
Massachusetts
Great Falls Books Through Bars
Serves all states except MA,
PO Box 391
Greenfield, MA 01302
gfbooksthroughbars@riseup.net
Serves all states except CA, MI, TX,
c/o Lucy Parsons Book Store
1306 Hancock Street, Suite 100
Quincy, MA 02169
info@prisonbookprogram.org
Minnesota
Serves incarcerated women, trans, and nonbinary people across the U.S
3501 Aldrich Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55408
womensprisonbookproject@gmail.com
Missisippi
Serves MS
PO Box 1002
Jackson, MS 39215
info@bighousebooksms.org
Missouri
Serves IL, IN, KS, and MO
C/O Subterranean Books
6271 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63130
Office Address: 438 N. Skinker, St. Louis MO 63130
moprisonbooks@gmail.com
New Jersey
Serves NJ
PO Box 2611
Wildwood NJ 08260
info@booksbehindbarsnj.com
New York
Serves NY only
120 Wall St., Floor 29
New York City, NY 10005
booksbeyondbarsny@gmail.com
Serves all states except AL, FL, LA, MA, MI, MS, NC, and OH
c/o Freebird Books
123 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY. 11231
info@booksthroughbarsnyc.org
Serves NY
PO Box 132
Beacon NY 12508
info@prisonbooksproject.org
North Carolina
Serve NC, and SC
c/o Downtown Books and News
67 N. Lexington Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
ashevilleprisonbooks@gmail.com
North Carolina Women's Prison Book Project
Serves women in NC
Box 1524
Durham NC 27702
ncwomensprisonbooks@gmail.com
Prison Books Collective Publishing and Distribution
Serves AL and NC, federal prisons across the mid-atlantic region (AL, KY, MD, NC, TN, VA, and WV), zines to all states
P.O. Box 625
Carrboro, NC 27510
prisonbooks@gmail.com
Tranzmission Prison Book Project
Prioritizes LGBTQ)
PO Box 1874
Asheville, NC 28802
tranzmissionprisonproject@gmail.com
Ohio
Serves OH only
P.O. Box 45
Rutland, OH 45775
athensbooks2prisoners@gmail.com
Prioritizes OH
c/o Red Bird Books
P.O. Box 10599
Columbus OH 43201
redbirdbookstoprisoners@gmail.com
Oregon
Affiliate of BTP (Seattle)
P.O. Box 11222
Portland OR 97211
pdxbookstoprisoners@riseup.net
Serves all states (federal prisons), and CA, NV, OR, and TX (state prisons)
PO Box 524
Ashland, OR 97520
rogueliberationlibary@gmail.com
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Prison Book Project
Serves PA only
P.O. Box 71357
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
pghprisonbookproject@gmail.com
Serves PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD, and VA
4722 Baltimore Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19143
info@booksthroughbars.org
Rhode Island
Serves all states except AL, AR, FL, ID, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NE, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, WA, and WI
c/o Paper Nautilus Books
19 S. Angell St.
Providence RI 02906
providencebtb@gmail.com
Texas
Serves TX only (no county jails)
PO Box 301029
Austin TX 78703
insidebooksproject@gmail.com
Virginia
Virginia Tech Prison Book Project
Serves VA only
115 Major Williams Hall
220 Stanger Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061
bbritt@vt.edu
Washington
Only accepts requests from BTP Seattle
olybtp@gmail.com
Only accepts requests from BTP Seattle
bookstoprisonersspokane@gmail.com
Lopez Island Books to Prisoners
Serves WA and AK
PO Box 327
Lopez Island, WA 98261
lopezislandbtp@gmail.com
Washington D.C.
Serves all states except CT, FL, IL, MA, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, and WI
P.O. Box 34190
Washington D.C., 20043
btopdc@gmail.com
West Virginia
Appalachian Prison Book Project
Serves KY, MD, OH, TN, VA, and WV
P.O. Box 601
Morgantown, WV 26507
appalachianpbp@gmail.com
Wisconsin
Serve LGBTindividuals, except in TX
c/o Social Justice Center Incubator
1202 Williamson St, Suite 1
Madison, WI 53703
lgbtbookstoprisoners@gmail.com
Serves WI only WI
1202 Williamson St, Suite 1,
Madison, WI 53703
wisconsinbookstoprisoners@gmail.com
Canada
Serves all Canadian provinces
P.O. Box 78005
1755 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5N 5W1
bookstoprisoners.bc@gmail.com or books@prisonjustice.ca/
Serves all Canadian provinces
OPIRG Carleton
University Centre, 326,
1125 Colonel By Dr,
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
b2pottawa@gmail.com
Open Door Books aka Books To Prisoners Montreal
Serves primarily Canada
c/o QPIRG Concordia
1455 de Maisonneuve O
Montreal, H3G 1M8, Canada
bookstoprisoners@gmail.com
Prisoner Correspondence Project
Serves Queer & trans people in US/Canada
c/o QPIRG Concordia,
1455 de Maisonneuve O,
Montreal, H3G 1M8, Canada
info@prisonercorrespondenceproject.com
Legal Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street 18th Floor, New York, New York 10004-2400
Prison issues and legal and legislative updates. A possible resource for legal assistance contact the ACLU chapter in your state.
An independent 36-page monthly publication that provides a cutting edge review and analysis of prisoner rights, court rulings, and news about prison issues.
Prison Activist Resource Center
PO Box 339, Berkeley, CA 94701 | (510) 893-4648 | parc@prisonactivist.org
An excellent source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system. The project includes resources for educators and activists, and up-to-date news and analysis on issues such as the prison crisis, women prisoners, and control units. The Women’s Prison Book Project out of Minneapolis can also be contacted through this website.
Other Organizations
The Justice Arts Coalition (JAC) unites teaching artists, arts advocates, incarcerated artists and their loved ones in an effort to build and support a common agenda and provide a unique voice in public dialogue around the intersection of the arts and justice.
Formerly University Beyond Bars, RECLAIM provides reintegration support for individuals and families, focused on mental, emotional, and relational health to prepare for the return home.
We provide inmate services, prisoner publications, education for inmates, prisoner services, and other products for the incarcerated. We also offer self-publishing services to inmates and their loved ones.
American Prison Writing Archive
The mission of the APWA is to override preexisting notions of prisons and incarcerated people, with first-person accounts by those who live and work in the criminal justice system.
Left Bank Books Collective
92 Pike Street, Box A, Seattle, WA 98101 | (206) 622-0195
A dedicated supporter of Books to Prisoners. They are also Seattle’s best bookstore and a radical collective of great folks.