Resources: Books, Magazines, and Publishers

ABC is on the frontline in supporting those imprisoned for struggling for freedom and liberty with a focus  on the overall support and defense of political prisoners and prisoners of war. The ABC Federation is a collective of ABC groups working together to better support anarchist and "class war" political prisoners and prisoners of war. Write for information on political prisoners and for addresses of other chapters in Bakersfield CA, Inland Empire CA, Orange County, Lancaster PA, Philadelphia PA, and New York City.

Sends free reading material to folks incarcerated in North Carolina and South Carolina, including county jails, detention centers, state prisons, and federal facilities.  They do not have a catalogue, but try to match requests to books as best they can. Serves people in North Carolina and South Carolina only.

A volunteer-run nonprofit sending books to inmates in Mississippi correctional facilities since 2015. Mississippi only.

Serves people incarcerated in Virginia only.  Write with requests for up to three books per month.  They will do their best to fulfill all requests, but cannot guarantee specific title availability. 

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.

We carry FREE books on many topics (please request by topic, not title or author) and specialize in the following:  History (world), Black, Latino Native American and Asian Studies, Women’s studies / feminism, Labor studies / unionism, Philosophy, Sociology, and Literary Classics. We serve nationally and send 3-6 books at a time.

Formed in 2007 as a prison abolitionist, anti-authoritarian collective. Write to receive a catalog of anarchist, decolonial, queer liberation, anti-capitalist, black, brown and indigenous-oriented literature (zines), sent free to prisoners in any state. También enviamos literatura gratuita en español.

Offers prisoner titles such as Cell Chef Cookbook, Life With A Record,
Start Thinking Outside Prison, Post-Conviction Relief series, Habeas Corpus
Manual, and many books, guides, photos, and a wide variety of gifts,
all make in USA. Send a pre-addressed, stamped envelope for packet of
color brochures. To see more, best to order their 92 page color catalog, send $5.
and add $5. more for shipping and tracking. Produces Inmate Shopper
(current issues always available) which is America’s largest book of resources
for inmate services plus many other sections of reading and entertainment.
PARC recommends the Inmate Shopper because it reviews and rates many
businesses that service inmates. Order on line, by text, email or mail
by sending payment of $29.99 (includes shipping & tracking) to the address
listed at @freebirdpublishers. Cash App at $freebird publishers, venmo@freebirdpublishers,
PayPal.me/freebirdpublishers.

Provides free books to people incarcerated around the US. Write to request specific titles, authors, and or general types of books you're interested in. If we don't have exact titles or authors on hand, we will do our best to send a close match from books available. Serves: federal facilities and CA, TX, and FL state facilities.

Sends free books and literature to prisoners in Texas only. Also sends a very informative prisoner resource guide free to prisoners in all states. Please no SASE. Serves people in Texas prisons only.

The only organization that provides books of their choosing to youth in Illinois prisons. Volunteer-run. Write for a catalog of options.

Books to prisoners program serving Washington and Alaska only. Send with general requests by genre and/or topic.

Midwest Pages to Prisoners provides free books and zines to prisoners in the Midwest. Serves only AR, IA, IN, KS, ND, OK, & SD.

Abolitionist group of volunteers sending books to individuals incarcerated in Missouri and Kansas only.