Resources: Free Books Programs

PARC corresponds with and mails a directory of these resources to prisoners, their friends and family members. We are often the first point of contact for people to connect with prisoners' rights organizations, community organizations, prison literature and arts projects, family and visiting resources, health care and legal resources, parole and pre-release resources, and the prison abolition movement.

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Resource Category
RedBird Books-to-Prisoners

Provides free books to people incarcerated in Ohio only. Request by subject.


 


 Books, Magazines, and Publishers, Free Books Programs
Rogue Liberation Library

Ships free books to OR, CA, TX, NE, and selected federal prisons.


 


 Books, Magazines, and Publishers, Free Books Programs
Saxapahaw Prison Books

 Free books to individuals incarcerated in Georgia. Write for more info on resources available. Georgia only.


 Books, Magazines, and Publishers, Free Books Programs
Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners

UC Books to Prisoners is an Urbana, Illinois based project providing books to people incarcerated in state and federal prisons in Illinois only. It also runs a Champaign County Jail library and stocks the County Youth Detention Center library. Illinois only.


 Educational Resources, Free Books Programs
Women's Prison Book Project

Provides women (cisgender and transgender) in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics. WPBP also has a free resource guide for women and trans prisoners. Partners with Black and Pink Minneapolis for correspondence (see LGBTQ resource section). Sends "A New Path," a reentry guide for those facing the threat of deportation to Mexico or Central America, upon request. Ofrecen materiales de lectura en Español. Only serves women and trans prisoners.


 Books, Magazines, and Publishers, Free Books Programs

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