Publishes a magazine four times a year for people in prison about health issues like COVID-19, hepatitis C, HIV, diabetes, asthma, depression, PTSD, exercise, nutrition and more. Prison Health News strives to lift up the voices and expertise of currently and formerly incarcerated people. On their website, articles on many health topics are available for download. Write to them for a free subscription. If you have health questions, you can write to PHN, who will respond with relevant information. Serves people nationally.

DPI focuses on disseminating studies and reports related to the death penalty to the news media and general public covering subjects such as race, innocence, politicization, costs of the death penalty, and more. Most of their publications are freely downloadable from their website, or available for a small fee in printed format. Request a copy of their “Resource Order Form,” and also a current list of their publications.

PM Press carries counter-culture, anti-prison, and similar titles including The Prison-Industrial Complex and the Global Economy, Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners, and more. Prisoners receive a 50% discount. No longer offers printed catalog; must view website (asking for outside help if needed) for listings of books. Check your selection against the prison's contraband list as many political books are banned. Serves nationally. 

Pathfinder Press is a publisher which carries books on the works of revolutionary and working class leaders, in many different languages. Prisoners receive a 50% discount off the cover price, with a flat rate of $2.75 for shipping and handling per order (one or more titles). Write for a free catalog. Catalog includes books in 11 languages. Pathfinder Press also sells many books in Spanish and can correspond with prisoners in Spanish. Serves people internationally.

Sends free books to prisoners across the U.S. No Christian or legal books available. Limit requests to once every 9 months, and be patient while they try to find books to match your requests. Inform them of any book restrictions at your prison. PLP is one of PARC's partners - ask them for your next copy of the PARC directory! Serves people nationally.

Books-to-prisoners nonprofit based in Durham, NC. PBC's catalog includes radical essays, guides, games, and Words of Fire, our literary magazine of art and writing by incarcerated people (always accepting submissions). Sends books and zines to any incarcerated men in NC, incarcerated people of all genders in AL, and people incarcerated in federal prisons in DE, KY, MD, TN, VA, and WV. Women in NC should mail the NC Women's Prison Book Project. Zines available to people across the US—write for a catalog.

Provides free books and resources to people in prisons and jails upon request. Please request books by genre/topic/subject rather than by title. Also has an online book request form that loved ones can use. Offers a free National Prisoner Resource List containing contact information and service descriptions for 150+ organizations serving incarcerated people and their families, available in English and Spanish. Also offers a 92 page free legal guide, The Insider's Guide to Jailhouse Law, also available in English and in Spanish. Most book requests take 60-90 days to fulfill. Serves people in most federal prisons and most state facilities except Texas, Michigan and California. Does not serve ICE facilities.

Provides free books and zines to prisoners the Midwest. In your letter, please tell us what genre and type of reading material you are interested in. Include your name, DOC#, facility name, mailing address, any restrictions on books being sent to your facility. Sends books to people in prison, jail or juvenile detention centers in AR, IA, IN, KS, ND, OK, and SD.

Request free reading material by mail. Sends books to state and federal prisoners in AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, DE, GA, HI, IA, IN, KY, LA, MD, MN, MS, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, and WY as well as federal prisoners (only) in AR, ID, and KS and requests from DC residents in federal prisons in all states. Please wait 5 months between requests.

Provides free reading materials to incarcerated individuals. Most books are used; limited access to new books. Write directly to request (no requests by email or phone). Typical turnaround is 2+ months; people in short-term facilities should note in their request how long they anticipate being incarcerated. May request every 3 months. Include several choices of preferred subject, genre, or author. Libros en español rara vez disponibles. Serves people nationwide.