These programs send books to state & federal prisoners at no charge. They struggle to keep up with the demand. You may have to wait several months.

BOOKS THROUGH BARS
New Society Pubs.
4722 Baltimore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Serves all states except Oregon.

BOOKS THRU BARS OF ITHACA
Durland Memorial Alternatives Library
OAR 403 North Plain St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
Only serves New York state prisons.

BOOKS TO PRISONERS
c/o Left Bank Bookstore
92 Pike St.
Seattle, WA 98101
not sure if still exists

INSIDE BOOKS PROJECT
827 West 12th Street
Austin, TX 78701
Only serves Texas.

MAINE BOOKS TO PRISONERS
PO Box 2178
Waterville, ME 04901
mainebookstoprisoners@justice.com
Maine Books to Prisoners is a recently formed
non-profit, volunteer-based collective
working to distribute books free of charge to
incarcerated people in Maine.

MIDWEST PAGES TO PRISONERS PROJECT
c/o Box Car Book & Community Center, Inc.
406 E. 6th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
Serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

NEW YORK CITY BOOKS THROUGH BARS
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street
New York, NY 10002

OPEN DOOR BOOKS
2130 Mackay, Room 102
Montreal, Quebec H3G 2J1
Canada

PRISON BOOK PROJECT
Box 396
Amherst, MA 02004

PRISON LIBRARY PROJECT
915 West Foothill Blvd.
PMB 128
Claremont, CA 91711

PRISONER LITERATURE PROJECT
Bound Together Books
1369 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117

WOMEN’S PRISON BOOK PROJECT
c/o Arise Bookstore
2441 Lyndale Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Serves women in all states except Oregon.