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). Serves people nationwide. Typical turnaround is 2+ months; people in short-term facilities should note in their request how long they anticipate being incarcerated.

Write for free books from a large assortment of fiction and non-fiction, including political and history books, and other educational books. Does not send religious texts. Fills requests from all states except AL, FL, LA, MA, MI, MS, NC, PA, OH, and WI. Priority for New York prisoners.

Free books across the Eastern Seaboard. Sends to DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA & VA only.

The Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) sends free books and provides educational opportunities to people incarcerated in the Appalachian region. We serve six states: Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. You can request by topic area or title, and we will do our best to find a good book for you.

The primary focus of TLC’s prison mail response program is to connect incarcerated transgender and gender-nonconforming people with information to equip them to advocate for themselves. The resources TLC has access to include; policies issued by specific state DOCs and the federal BOP;  guides to navigating grievance processes and filing lawsuits; know-your-rights guides for transgender and LGBT people; legal name and gender change information; model policies developed by LGBT advocacy organizations; statements from medical professional associations on the necessity of transition-related health care; basic medical information about transition-related health care; case law from previous lawsuits filed by transgender people in prison; reentry resources; resource lists of other organizations. Unfortunately, we cannot provide legal advice, representation, or take on cases through our prison mail response program. Serves people nationwide, but more specific information for Californians.

Miss Major Alexander L Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center (fka The TGI Justice Project) works primarily with Transgender, GNC, and Intersex (TGI) people who are in prison and formerly incarcerated in California. We will pause our individualized client advocacy support while we internally restructure and shift our legal department. This will include not providing any onsite legal lawyers, legal representation, or litigation; however, we will be sharing legal education which consists of sharing supporting cases and relevant laws for self-advocacy purposes. We will also continue to provide letters of support for parole, upcoming court hearings, legal name & gender change support, and providing our Melenie Eleneke Grassroots Re-entry/Socio-Economic Program. Miss Major Alexander L Lee Center supports TGI people in prison being released to the San Francisco Bay Area and is part of a broader movement fighting for racial and social justice. Some services nationwide but more services for Californians. Expect delays in response to letters.

The Prisoner Correspondence Project is a solidarity project for gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, gendervariant, two-spirit, intersex, bisexual and queer prisoners. Letters to PCP in Canada cost $1.15 in US postage. Speak/write French. Serves people nationally in USA and Canada.

Volunteer-run organization that sends books and other educational materials, free of charge, to LGBT-identified people in prison across the US (except those in TX). Will send books in Spanish (enviar libros en Español). Sends one package of books per year.  Prefers requests by topic/genre, but can occasionally fulfill specific requests. Serves all states except Texas.

Lambda Legal carries out its legal work principally through test cases selected for the likelihood of their success in establishing positive legal precedents that will affect LGBT people and those affected by HIV. Lambda Legal recently represented a trans prisoner successfully in a lawsuit against the Texas prison system.

Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy and education, GLAD works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status and sexual orientation. As part of this work, GLAD takes very select legal representation on behalf of LGBTQ prisoners. Has a victory in Sept. 2018 achieving transfer of a trans woman to a women's prison in Maine. Also has a New England centered resource guide. Mostly serves people in New England.