In addition to our wish lists at Wellesley Books , Porter Square Books and Amazon, we are accepting limited book donations by appointment only. Please contact bookdonations@prisonbookprogram.org for more information. 

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Prison Book Program occasionally will issue an essay topic which accompanies the books we distribute. We invite you to read some notable responses:

Books are Doorways

You are what you think

Books Give Valuable Skills

Plato Considers all the Possibilities

The Dictionary: A Significant Asset In Prison

Books are better than any counseling we can receive

An Avid bibliophile loves Clancy, Grisham, and Koontz

Books Are a Conduit to a Better Life

Books Are Worth Their Weight in Gold

Books Help Inmates Prepare for the Future

Literature has been my great escape… Is it yours too?

A Prison “Book Club”: To Read Is To Grow/Know

How to Be Tough Without Breaking the Law

Webster’s Dictionary Has Made an Impact on Me

While you were on the outside, you never set foot in a library!

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We are currently closed to most volunteering. We are still filling book requests. Limited volunteer opportunities are available. All volunteers must sign up in advance. We will monitor and follow all government guidelines. Contact volunteer@prisonbookprogram.org for more details or to learn how to sign up.

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 Financial donations are the single factor that limits the number of people we can serve.  Just $3 is the average cost of mailing a package of carefully selected books from our library!

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Donations can be mailed to:

Prison Book Program
c/o Lucy Parsons Bookstore
1306 Hancock Street
Suite 100
Quincy, MA 02169

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