Donate books, stamps, or packaging supplies like envelopes and tape. Monetary contributions are also appreciated, tax-deductable, and will be used towards postage costs. We currently spend at least $1000 per month on postage! Make checks payable to Prisoners Literature Project and mail to Bound Together Books. Thanks!
Books should be:
Paperback, in new or good-condition (no falling out pages or extensive underlining). No heavy or outdated textbooks, please.
Our office is like a miniature version of a bookstore with a section for pretty much any type of book you can think of. Here are some of the most common requests we receive from prisoners:
Dictionary, thesaurus, legal dictionary, almanac, GED test prep review, or any reference book
Spanish-English or any foreign language dictionary
African-American studies, Chicano/Latino studies, Native American studies, or any ethnic studies
Any history, especially revolutionary
Politics, sociology, psychology, philosophy or science
PLP Office
(During office hours only)
2022 Blake Street
Berkeley, CA
Bound Together Bookstore
1369 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Moe's Books
2476 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Wilmot's Books
478 Central Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
Please contact us if you would like to mail us a book donation.
How ELSE can you help?
PLP also needs help writing grants, designing our website, posting flyers, buying special request books from Moe’s, organizing fund-raisers, dropping off packages at the post office, and anything else you can think of. Send an email, call, or just show up during office hours to find out more.
Website created in 2006. Logo art is "Lockdown Dissent" by Eric Drooker. Additional artwork by Francisco Eulloqui, Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, CA.
