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Wisconsin Books to Prisoners is a volunteer-run nonprofit books to prisoners organization which sends books upon request to people incarcerated in Wisconsin. [1] The organization is based in Madison, WI and was founded in 2006.
Then, on Feb. 8, two of the book bundles allegedly shipped from Wisconsin Books to Prisoners tested positive for drugs at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution, according to incident reports ...
LGBT Books to Prisoners is a volunteer-run nonprofit books to prisoners organization which sends free reading materials to incarcerated LGBT people across the US. [1] The organization is based in Madison, WI and was founded in 2006 as an offshoot of Wisconsin Books to Prisoners. In over 15 years, LGBT BtP has sent books to over 13,000 people.
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For college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the 22-year-old drives a van of her DePaul ...
Each week, the 22-year-old drives a van of her DePaul University peers to Cook County Jail to discuss books with inmates and recently, the well-known activist Sister Helen Prejean.
The first Books to Prisoners projects were founded in the early 1970s. 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.
Books about Black and Indigenous people, Latinos and the LGBTQ community are often banned in prisons, but prohibited titles vary widely from state to state, Book bans in prison cut inmates ...