PrisonBookProgram.org is Organization dedicated to sending free books to prisoners.
Title
Prison Book Program - Where Books Open Doors
Description
What is the Prison Book Program?
We are a grassroots organization that exists for one purpose - to send free books to prisoners. We've been doing it since 1972.
Why send free books to prisoners?
Books are crucial to the political, spiritual and educational development of all people. Ray Champagne, a prisoner in Shirley, MA says "I believe that books (education) are the ONLY vehicle to change whether in or out of prison. I would be lost without books and folks to send them."
Education is the only tool that has proved useful in preventing people from returning to the prison system after their release. Prison educational programs have been drastically cut and most prisoners cannot afford to buy their own books. Most prisons do not allow family and friends to send books into prisons; they must come from a bookstore or publisher. That's where we step in to help. (We are affiliated with the Lucy Parsons Bookstore.)
Contact
Prison Book Program; c/o Lucy Parsons Bookstore; 1306 Hancock Street, suite 100; Quincy, MA 02169
