The Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP)—a grassroots, all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization—challenges mass incarceration by providing books and education to incarcerated people and by creating opportunities for volunteers and community groups to learn more about the legal and prison systems.
Closely affiliated with West Virginia University, a land-grant research institution, APBP also provides internships and service-learning opportunities to undergraduates, graduate students, and law students and encourages interdisciplinary research. APBP sponsors lectures, conferences, performances, and other educational events related to mass incarceration.
Read more about our history, mission, and vision here.
APBP works to provide educational opportunities and resources to people incarcerated in the six-state Appalachian region. We send books to imprisoned people, host book clubs in prison facilities, fight for educational opportunities behind bars, and publish incarcerated authors and artists.
We mail free books to people imprisoned in six states: West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Maryland. We serve over 200 facilities in the region, and we receive around 200 requests per week. Since 2004, we have mailed over 70,000 books.
Learn more about our book clubs, educational opportunities, and advocacy efforts here.
| apbpvolunteers@gmail.com | |
| Jordan Pugh | |
| Volunteer Coordinator | |
| http://appalachianprisonbookproject.org |
