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Why Donate to Prison Book Projects When Prisons Have Libraries?

by Amandajane GriffithFebruary 17, 2021February 24, 20213 Comments

“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe” — Madeleine L’Engle Most prisons have libraries, so why has APBP mailed over 45,000 books across six Appalachian states: West…

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Letter Matching 101: Searching the Bookshelves

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectNovember 15, 2020November 15, 2020Leave a comment

At APBP, there are three main tasks for volunteers: opening letters from people in prison, matching the requests in the letters to a donated book on our shelves, and wrapping books in brown paper to be put in the mail.…

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Prison Reform: Growth and Autonomy Through Education

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectFebruary 18, 2019October 19, 2019Leave a comment

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. Prison…

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Design by WVU Student and Incarcerated Artist

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectJanuary 25, 2019August 22, 20191 Comment

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;…

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Quote from a 2018 Letter

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectDecember 10, 2018August 22, 2019Leave a comment

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Thanks to Underground Printing!

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectSeptember 5, 2018August 22, 2019Leave a comment

We are excited to announce a new co-sponsor of the APBP Student Organization's Walk for Justice! Underground Printing is helping to create our first-ever t-shirts. Thank you, Underground Printing! https://undergroundshirts.com/…/custom-t-shirt-printing-mor…

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Books make time move a little faster

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectApril 26, 2018August 22, 2019Leave a comment

As the semester draws to a close, I wanted to share some of the many lessons I’ve learned during my time at APBP: One book can change the course of a person’s life. Letter after letter describes the impact of…

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Emma Harrison named Truman Scholar!

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectApril 12, 2018August 22, 2019Leave a comment

WVU Junior Emma Harrison has been named a Truman Scholar! Emma was a student in Katy Ryan's WVU Inside-Out class (Justice and Literature) in the fall of 2017. She is dedicated to higher education in prison and will be doing an…

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letter sorting

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectSeptember 22, 2017August 22, 2019Leave a comment

On Sept. 22, 2017, APBP sorted through the letters we have received over the past decade! This is step-one in our plan to create a digital archives.    

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beautiful thanks

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectAugust 17, 2017August 22, 2019Leave a comment

We received this beautiful card at APBP in August 2017: "I also want to thank personally Corina for finding the transgender workbook I received. It was super helpful and several of my friends have found it educational as well."

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