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Category: Miscellaneous

A padlock on a fence gate

COVID-19: A Poem

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectApril 22, 2022April 22, 2022Leave a comment

April is National Poetry Month. We are honored to share this poem by Rayna Momen, current board member and long-time volunteer at APBP. COVID-19 I. I broke up with my clippers the day the virus became reason to sink into new…

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a cherry tree in full bloom

Easter Sunday

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectApril 17, 2022April 17, 20221 Comment

In 2021, B’s youngest brother was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. B wrote this short letter to the victim’s family in the hopes of articulating her desire…

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Their Lives Matter: The People Dying of COVID-19 in West Virginia Prisons and Jails

by Appalachian Prison Book ProjectFebruary 4, 20221 Comment

It has been more than a year and a half since the first confirmed death of an incarcerated person in the custody of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) due to COVID-19. Most of us cannot imagine…

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The Power of a Dictionary

by Amandajane GriffithApril 21, 20212 Comments

“I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.” -- Malcolm X When…

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Envelopes

Mail Call in the Prison System

by Amandajane GriffithApril 1, 2021April 22, 20213 Comments

Words diamonds on pages of gold A message from heaven as their story is told, “We love you, miss you, pray you’ll be free.” A treasure-filled envelope just for me. Please bring memories of joy I once knew Family, friends…

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APBP office at the Aull Center

Why Donate to Prison Book Projects When Prisons Have Libraries?

by Amandajane GriffithFebruary 17, 2021February 24, 20214 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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Miscellaneous, Voices from the Inside
Stacks of books

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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