Books Through Bars supports self-educating prisoners by sending free books to them. At the same time, we coordinate a variety of programs to get people on the outside thinking about issues of imprisonment.

Description:
Books Through Bars selects, packs, and sends books to approximately 1,000 prisoners monthly. In addition, we send books to prison libraries nationally and locally; we coordinate service-learning opportunities for groups of volunteers; we consult with other prison book programs; and we have a prisoner art collection that is exhibited several times each year.

History:
Books Through Bars was founded in 1989 by an employee of New Society Publishers who was filling book requests from individual prisoners. Today the organization is run by a collective of 10 people, and receives approximately 1,000 requests from prisoners each month.

Contact person: Nicole Meyenberg, (phone), (email)

Address:

4722 Baltimore Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19143 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.booksthroughbars.org

Directions:

Books Through Bars is on the #34 trolley (Subway-Surface) Line. From Center City, take the #34 westbound to 47th Street. Our office is on the south side of Baltimore Avenue. There is a large parking lot next to our office,. . . (more) For maps or information, please see http://www.septa.com/

Miscellaneous Information

Are court referrals welcomed?
	Yes