Prison reform has a long and complicated history. Reform is often defined as how people come out of prison “changed” and with a sense of autonomy (or even freedom), while others remain the same as before they went in. When…
Appalachian Prison Book Project
The Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) is a nonprofit organization based in Morgantown, WV. APBP sends free books to people imprisoned in six states in the Appalachian region: West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
APBP Wins Barrelhouse Magazine Amplifier Award
APBP has been awarded the 2019 Amplifier Award from Barrelhouse Magazine. We are so excited about this partnership that will help us promote writing and artwork by incarcerated people in West Virginia. Special thanks to APBP Student President Rayna Momen who took…
Design by WVU Student and Incarcerated Artist
APBP intern Kristin, a student at WVU, and Maruice, an incarcerated artist, worked together to create a drawing that represents many of our organization's core values. A book, to represent education; a key, to represent freedom; mountains, to represent Appalachia;…
Total Books Mailed
We mailed more books to imprisoned people in 2018 than in any previous year -- more than 5,000. Here are the numbers as of October. Thanks to everyone who makes this work possible. We are excited to grow as a…
Quote from a 2018 Letter
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WVU English Majors Respond to APBP
From Katie Kennel I volunteered with the Appalachian Prison Book Project on November 3rd and returned on November 6th. When I arrived there to volunteer, I received a brief training and was then allowed to work. There are three categories…
Grateful to these volunteers from WVU Biology!
WVU Campus Read Day of Service
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Campus Read Day of Service with APBP! Come back and volunteer with us anytime. We had time to talk about APBP, open, read and wrap books of course, but also talk about stigma and…
the Kite Runner
The Women's Book Club at Hazelton had a fantastic meeting Monday morning. It is impossible to convey how much energy and love propel these discussions. All i know (katy here) is how fortunate i feel every time we meet. Our…