Appalachian Prison Book Project
Challenging mass incarceration through books, education, and community engagement.
Book clubs are places of gathering and welcoming; analyzing and discussing; writing and dreaming. Attendees read new things, meet new people, and tackle new ideas. These clubs are iconic and mobile, and they can happen anywhere. Even behind bars. From…
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…
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…
We are busy as ever this summer!
Kristin DeVault is a sophomore at West Virginia University, who grew up in Mason County, West Virginia. Kristin transferred to WVU last semester from Fairmont State to pursue a degree in Social Work and minors in Communications and American Politics…
Last week the women's prison book club talked about We're All Doing Time, a guide from the 1970s about meditation, yoga, struggle, what it means to be calm and to be free. It was beautiful.
The first page of APBP's first notebook of outgoing mail, followed by the first page of APBP's most recent notebook (volume 4!) We've been doing this for 13 years and have mailed over 25,000 books and really like this tiger.
Listen to the first episode of APBP's new podcast, "Contact Across the Divide," featuring stories from APBP and West Virginia Innocence Project volunteers and exploring stories about what facilities, limits, and motivates contact with incarcerated populations. Contact Across the Divide:…
Wondering what the women's book club will be reading? Here is our fall schedule! September 1 Writing Workshop September 29 “Worse Than Slavery”: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice by David Oshinsky. Excerpt from Slavery…
