Books to Prisoners (Seattle)
@bookstoprisoners.bsky.social
Seattle nonprofit mailing free books to incarcerated people in the United States. Advocating for access to education and communication in prisons since 1973.
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Down with prison book bans!
She's voicing important things about prison censorship:
1. Oversight to stop harmful decisions needs to happen NOW.
2. Mailrooms claim ANYTHING on a book is "drugs". Proof? Who cares!
Thank you for speaking up. It coincides perfectly with #PrisonBannedBooksWeek2025.
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1. Oversight to stop harmful decisions needs to happen NOW.
2. Mailrooms claim ANYTHING on a book is "drugs". Proof? Who cares!
Thank you for speaking up. It coincides perfectly with #PrisonBannedBooksWeek2025.
www.tmj4.com/about-us/lig...
Wisconsin woman challenges prison's book ban after warden blocks humorous gift
A Wisconsin woman is speaking out after a state prison warden refused to allow a book she purchased as a gift to reach an inmate, despite the book being shipped from an authorized vendor.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Down with prison book bans!
Amazing! We had no idea that box existed. This has now been turned on for our account. Thank you again for taking the time to help.
October 12, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Amazing! We had no idea that box existed. This has now been turned on for our account. Thank you again for taking the time to help.
This is always a good and necessary reminder! If you check our post history prior to this post, we do try to do alt text on every picture. This is a post that this step was forgotten, unfortunately, but it absolutely should have been included. Your attention & repost with caption is appreciated.
October 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is always a good and necessary reminder! If you check our post history prior to this post, we do try to do alt text on every picture. This is a post that this step was forgotten, unfortunately, but it absolutely should have been included. Your attention & repost with caption is appreciated.
Thank you so much for your support!
August 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Thank you so much for your support!
Volunteer opportunities are currently in person, but there are remote options to support us! We need help finding copies of certain highly requested but infrequently donated books, as well as financial support for postage. Also, boosting these posts is incredibly helpful for supporting our mission!
August 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Volunteer opportunities are currently in person, but there are remote options to support us! We need help finding copies of certain highly requested but infrequently donated books, as well as financial support for postage. Also, boosting these posts is incredibly helpful for supporting our mission!
5 positive news pieces in our world this week:
5. Prison Banned Books Week has chosen its first recipient for the Martin Sostre Memorial Prison Books Fund: @midwestbooks2p.bsky.social
Read about the Fund here: www.saxapahawprisonbooks.org/martin-sostr...
(Congratulations--much deserved!)
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5. Prison Banned Books Week has chosen its first recipient for the Martin Sostre Memorial Prison Books Fund: @midwestbooks2p.bsky.social
Read about the Fund here: www.saxapahawprisonbooks.org/martin-sostr...
(Congratulations--much deserved!)
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July 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
5 positive news pieces in our world this week:
5. Prison Banned Books Week has chosen its first recipient for the Martin Sostre Memorial Prison Books Fund: @midwestbooks2p.bsky.social
Read about the Fund here: www.saxapahawprisonbooks.org/martin-sostr...
(Congratulations--much deserved!)
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5. Prison Banned Books Week has chosen its first recipient for the Martin Sostre Memorial Prison Books Fund: @midwestbooks2p.bsky.social
Read about the Fund here: www.saxapahawprisonbooks.org/martin-sostr...
(Congratulations--much deserved!)
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5 positive news pieces in our world this week:
4. National interest in fighting prison censorship keeps growing--check out coverage of Josephine Burke's project at the University of Connecticut to understand how censorship impacts education in prisons: today.uconn.edu/2025/07/pris...
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4. National interest in fighting prison censorship keeps growing--check out coverage of Josephine Burke's project at the University of Connecticut to understand how censorship impacts education in prisons: today.uconn.edu/2025/07/pris...
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Prison-Banned Books Inspire Examination of Education while Incarcerated for Ambitious UConn Undergrad - UConn Today
'One thing that attracts me to a career in academia is the connection with students and student organizing that has been a huge part of activism in Ame ...
today.uconn.edu
July 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
5 positive news pieces in our world this week:
4. National interest in fighting prison censorship keeps growing--check out coverage of Josephine Burke's project at the University of Connecticut to understand how censorship impacts education in prisons: today.uconn.edu/2025/07/pris...
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4. National interest in fighting prison censorship keeps growing--check out coverage of Josephine Burke's project at the University of Connecticut to understand how censorship impacts education in prisons: today.uconn.edu/2025/07/pris...
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