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These included Seattle's Books to Prisoners, Boston's Prison Book Program, and the Prison Library Project which was founded in Durham, North Carolina but relocated to Claremont, California in 1986. Since then, dozens of prison book programs have been established, although many have had short life-spans.
Prison Book Program is an American non-profit organization that sends free books to people in prison. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] While the organization is based in Massachusetts, it mails packages of books to people in prisons in 45 U.S. states , as well as Puerto Rico and Guam . [ 3 ]
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Wisconsin Books to Prisoners; Women's Prison Book Project This page was last edited on 28 December 2024, at 15:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Illinois' Stateville Correctional Center begins transferring out prisoners amid concerns over conditions Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune August 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
The collection consists of about 10,000 donated books. [4] The most widely requested books include dictionaries and composition books. [7] Coloring books are also frequently requested, and CBWP sends around 500 to 600 coloring books a year. [6] Many women that are served are mothers and also need of books about parenting while in prison.
(The Center Square) – Illinois correctional officers have reported overdose symptoms after handling inmates' mail, and now Republicans are calling to suspend or electronically scan incoming mail ...
Joliet Correctional Center (originally known as Illinois State Penitentiary, colloquially as Joliet Prison, Joliet Penitentiary, the Old Joliet Prison, and the Collins Street Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois, United States, from 1858 to 2002.