APBP is a serious joy. Interns and volunteers selected books, stopped traffic, and moved 90 boxes of books across a small city + campus to be recycled. Katie Vogelpohl, Beth Staley, Corina Scott, and Emilie Shumway, you are superheroes!
Category: Miscellaneous
Birthday at APBP
How did APBP volunteer Jordan Carter spend part of her birthday -- at the Aull Center wrapping one book for each year she's been on the planet!
A Poem from Wallens Ridge State Prison
I’m confined to a world behind four walls Where no one can see me and I receive no calls Often I sleep and awaken alarmed Thinking that I may be harmed Thank God it’s a dream as I come to…
Please help me find this book
an APBP volunteer opened this letter the other day. "I am writing you in hopes you can recommend me a book that will help me to turn my life around. I have never had a real job. I have been…
Letters like this brighten our day
"Before I go any further with this letter, I would like to say what you all are doing for inmates throughout the United States is such a beautiful thing. Providing books help inmates pass our time in a positive and…
Higher Education in Prison
Thanks to Jean Trounstine for her wonderful article on the need for higher education inside US prisons. A friend of APBP, Jean visited WVU and participated in our 2014 Symposium on Educational Justice. Her article provides a summary of educational efforts and makes…