We need more books! Please consider donating your used or new books to Books to Prisoners! We will make sure they find a lovely new home:) Categories we are currently low on: Paperback dictionaries Fantasy (paperback or hardback) Horror (paperback or hardback) Thrillers (paperback or hardback) Sci-fi (paperback or hardback) Spanish-English dictionaries (paperback) How to draw (paperback) Composition books Native American literature (paperback)

As we celebrate Black History month this February, it is essential to acknowledge the disproportionate impact the prison system has on the black American population and its role in the maintenance of race based oppression.  This adverse impact is no accident, it is the result of years of culminated racial violence targeting black people, carried out by state institutions. Since the eradication of slavery after the Civil War, prison has been used as a tool to target black popu

Evie (left) is our youngest volunteer! This mother-daughter dynamic duo makes a weekly appearance at BTP to expertly fullfill requests! What got you interested in BTP to begin with, or what made you start volunteering? Does it tie in to the rest of your life in any meaningful way? Kate: I  was looking for a volunteer opportunity for my daughter, Evie, and I to do together.  I wanted to instill the importance of volunteering and giving back to your community.  After a lot of r

January 19th marks the birthday of one of America’s most celebrated Civil Rights activists. As we take this day to honor the work done by Martin Luther King Jr., it is essential that we continue to question and investigate the racial injustices that plague the institutions and culture of this country. While incarcerated for his role in nonviolent resistance, Dr. King authored a letter from Birmingham Jail in Alabama that would become a notorious message of struggle and resist

Books to Prisoners volunteers will be attending the Ear Hustle live show on February 6th at 7:30 pm at Town Hall as a community event.  We would love to have you join us! Ear Hustle  is an award winning podcast produced inside of San Quentin, a notorious California prison, that explores the experience of life in American prisons.  They are supplying a discount code for our BTP volunteers. Fill out this form  to receive a code before purchasing your ticket here . They will als

Kim began volunteering with us in 2019, following our successful campaign to overturn the Washington State Department of Corrections' decision that April to ban donated books. They came in regularly during the first eight months of COVID to get what requests we were able to fulfill during that lean time ready for mailing. They were on our board for less than two years, but their influence on BtP continues to this day. They showed us that bookstore customers would buy and dona