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Resources: Newsletters and Magazines
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.
Download a PDF copy of the November 2024 Edition here.
Please note recent updates since our last publication:
Compassion Works For All has closed (see listing in Religious Programs)
Missouri Prison Books: Now sending to Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana. Is banned in Missouri, since Sept 23, 2024
The Pathfinder Network: correct phone is 503-892-5396
Providence Books Through Bars c/o Paper Nautilus 19 S Angell Street Providence RI 02906
Women’s Book Project 3501 Aldrich Ave. S, Minneapolis MN 55408
PDX Books Through Bars: ships up to 3 books for free to anyone incarcerated in all states except Wisconsin. General topics/genres only. PO Box 11222; Portland OR, 97211
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ABO Comix A.B.O. Comix is a DIY, punk zine rooted collective that amplifies the voices of LGBTQ+ people in prison through art, mutual aid, and creative resistance. We collaborate with abolitionist and queer advocacy groups to keep incarcerated artists connected to community and movement work on the outside. Any funds we raise through publications and programming go back to incarcerated artists. Free quarterly newsletters to people in prison, featuring artwork, poetry, and prose from incarcerated artists, plus submission opportunities, resources, birthday shoutouts, and community updates. We provide books and publications at printing cost with no markup, with free copies available for those who cannot afford them. |
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Anarchist Black Cross Los Angeles 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.
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East Bay Prisoner Support 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. |
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Grant Publications Magazine subscription services with years of experience servicing inmates. Send SASE for more information. Order any five (5) magazine subscriptions and get one (1) year magazine subscription for free from specially marked list with (*). Serves people nationwide. |
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Maoist Internationalist Ministry of Prisons Maoist Internationalist Ministry of Prisons, MIM(Prisons), is a revolutionary anti-imperialist group fighting criminal injustice, helping prisoners to organize and educate themselves. Sends books to prisoners, and offers prisoners a free subscription to their newspaper. Write for a free prisoner subscription and to get involved in revolutionary organizing and education projects. No tablet messaging apps. |
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Prisoner Express Prisoner Express News is published every six months and sent free of charge to incarcerated individuals throughout the United States. They are also available for download online. PE also sends books and educational packets as available. Prisoner Express has ongoing programs in creative writing, chess, meditation, journaling and art. Sends to people nationally.
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San Quentin News San Quentin News is a 20-page monthly newsletter written, edited, and produced by prisoners incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. The SQ News encourages prisoners, staff, or others outside the institution to submit articles, poems, artwork and letters to the editor for possible inclusion. To receive a mailed copy of the SQ News, send $1.61 in postage. This process should be repeated every month for each new edition. |
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The Angolite The Angolite is published and edited by prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, LA. Send a $30 check to subscribe. |
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The Militant The Militant is a socialist newsweekly published in the interests of working people in English as well as several pages in Spanish every week. Subscriptions for people in prison are discounted at $6 for six months or $12 for the year. Free subscriptions may be provided based on need. Write for an order form. |
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Turning the Tide: Journal of Inter-communal Solidarity Published by Anti-Racist Action - Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror. Issues released at least quarterly; 5-6 issues some years. Free to prisoners. Payable to "Anti-Racist Action" at above address. Back issues may be available. Include whether you can receive newsprint publications and where to send them |
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