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"I am a really laid back and easy going guy with a huge heart that likes to love. I'm non-judgmental so please come as you are, because I readily welcome the differences in people."
-Jamie Cummings - Texas "I hope I can find someone honest that can over look my past mistakes and see me for the man I am today."
-Joshua Kessler - Ohio

Artwork submitted by Moses Juarez

Allred Unit - Texas

Prison & Prisoner Related Links

Federal Prison Consultants, Inc.
    The Nationwide Expert in Federal & State Prison     Reduction Strategies World Wide Friends
    Providing a free pen-pal service for all Indigenous     Native American Prisoners since 2001.

PrisonSucks.com
    PrisonSucks.com is a clearinghouse for useful,     verifiable statistics about the crime control industry. Prison Links
    Various categorized prison & prisoner related links.

Jewish Prisoner Services
    An international organization that provides religious     services and materials to Jews in prison and their     families throughout the world. Prisonbid
    Prison support forums. Prison information for     offenders and ex-offenders. Support for families with     loved ones in prison.

Preparation For Prison
    Providing services designed to: reduce the length of     confinement, reduce potential monetary fines,     support during pre-sentencing, and support during     prison experience. The PATRICK CRUSADE
    The PATRICK CRUSADE is a human rights     organization dedicated to the protection of human     rights for all people. We believe human rights should     be real for everyone simply because they are human     beings.
Inmates For You
    Provides a pen-pal service for women prisoners     looking for friendship, for love, for lust. Your link here.

Prisoner/Prison Related Book Programs

The Aleph Institute
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
Phone: (305) 864-5553
Aleph is a not-for-profit national organization which has created and implemented a host of programs over the past 20 years that provide alternatives to incarceration, rehabilitate inmates, counsel and assist their families, and provide moral and ethical educational programs inculcating universal truths and concepts common to all of humanity. Jewish inmates may write to receive free books, regular monthly literature, holiday offerings, and family programs.

Books for Prisoners - c/o Groundwork Books
0323 Student Center
La Jolla, California 92037
Phone: (858) 452-9625 - E-mail: groundwork@libertad.ucsd.edu
Groundwork Books offers up to two books per person, free of charge. Send your request, specifying your interests, and we will send you a detailed booklet for that area of interest. Subjects: politics, spirituality, feminism, dictionaries, culture, social criticism, and select novels. Stamp donations are appreciated but not required.

Books Through Bars
4722 Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19143
Phone: ( 215) 727-8170 - E-mail: info@BooksThroughBars.org
We offer a wide range of reading materials free of charge to inmates. Request books by topic and specific subject areas (for example: novels, self-help, American history, etc.). If you wish, you may request specific titles or authors, however, we may not be able to provide these. No legal books. Donations, including stamps, are greatly appreciated. Please send information regarding prison regulations for reading material being sent in.

Books to Prisoners (BTP)
92 Pike Street Box A
Seattle, Washington 98104
BTP sends donated books to prisoners. Choice of books is limited. Please send a list of topics you are interested in. No legal or religious books. It may take six to eight months for material to arrive, please be patient. Donations of stamps are appreciated.

Books to Prisons D.C. Area
P.O. Box 5206
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
Phone: (301) 699-0042 - E-mail: bookstoprisons@mutualaid.org
Books to Prisons offers free educational as well as a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction reading material to prisoners around the United States free of charge. Please send requests for your general interests.

The Granite Publishing Group
P.O. Box 1429
Columbus, North Carolina 28722
Phone: (828) 894-8444 - E-mail: brian@5thworld.com
Inmates may write to receive free books on subjects that support the cultivation of planetary consciousness. The metaphysical/transformational subjects of our books range from Native American spirituality to the extraterrestrial presence. Please send postage if possible.

The Inside Books Project - c/o 12th Street Books
827 West 12th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone: (512) 647-4803 - E-mail: insidebooksproject@yahoo.com
We send books free of charge to Texas inmates only. Please expect a three to six month wait. We also offer a resource list and a free newsletter. Donations and or stamps are appreciated if possible.

Lucy Parson's Center & Bookstore (PBP)
110 Arlington Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Phone: (617) 423-3298
You may request topics or titles: limited legal materials, educational, social, political, fiction, and books in Spanish. No catalogue, however a resource list is available. We do not send books to California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Michigan, or Texas. Be patient, there is often a wait for a few weeks or months.

Prison Book Project
P.O. Box 396
Amherst, Massachusetts 01004-0396
Phone: (413) 584-8975 ext. 208 - E-mail: info@prisonbooks.org
You may request books by topics of interest. We do our best to meet the needs and demands of inmates. You may also request a specific book and we will try to find it for you. No mailing list or catalogue. Donations of artwork and poetry for fundraising greatly appreciated. Sorry, no Texas inmates.

Prisoners Literature Project - c/o Bound Together Bookstore
1369 Haight Street
San Francisco, California 94117
Phone: (415) 431-8355
You may request types of books�not specific titles. No Christian, Islamic, horror, romance novels, or legal books. Stamps or donations are greatly appreciated but are not required. Main types of books usually requested: dictionaries, ethnic studies, basic educational books. Sorry, no Texas prisoners.

The Prison Library Project
915 West Foothill Boulevard P.M.B. 128
Claremont, California 91711
The Prison Library Project supplies books free of charge to inmates who request them. We try to provide an ongoing invitation to prisoners to embrace personal responsibility, growth, and a deeper appreciation for the world of books, ideas, and education. We offer books on self-help, personal and spiritual growth, wellness, and metaphysical books. No law books, technical, or GED, and no catalogue.

San Diego California Coalition for Women Prisoners - c/o World Beat Center
2100 Park Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101
Phone: (619) 987-7553
SDCCWP sends books to women prisoners on various women's and political issues. Please write to request a free book list. Stamp donations are appreciated to pay for shipping.

Women's Prison Book Project (WPBP) - c/o Arise Bookstore
2441 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55405
Phone: (612) 729-5845 - E-mail: wpbp@prisonactivist.org
Since 1994, the Women's Prison Book Project has provided women in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from law and education (dictionaries, GED, etc.) to politics, history, and women's health. There are other prison book projects, but we seek to meet the specific needs of women in prison.

Prison & Prisoner Related Links
Federal Prison Consultants, Inc. The Nationwide Expert in Federal & State Prison Reduction Strategies	World Wide Friends Providing a free pen-pal service for all Indigenous Native American Prisoners since 2001.
PrisonSucks.com PrisonSucks.com is a clearinghouse for useful, verifiable statistics about the crime control industry.	Prison Links Various categorized prison & prisoner related links.
Jewish Prisoner Services An international organization that provides religious services and materials to Jews in prison and their families throughout the world.	Prisonbid Prison support forums. Prison information for offenders and ex-offenders. Support for families with loved ones in prison.
Preparation For Prison Providing services designed to: reduce the length of confinement, reduce potential monetary fines, support during pre-sentencing, and support during prison experience.	The PATRICK CRUSADE The PATRICK CRUSADE is a human rights organization dedicated to the protection of human rights for all people. We believe human rights should be real for everyone simply because they are human beings.
Inmates For You Provides a pen-pal service for women prisoners looking for friendship, for love, for lust.	Your link here.

United States Prisons
Alabama Department of Corrections	Montana Department of Corrections
Alaska Department of Corrections	Nebraska Dept. of Correctional Services
Arizona Department of Corrections	Nevada Department of Corrections
Arkansas Department of Correction	New Mexico Corrections Department
California Department of Corrections	New Hampshire Department of Corrections
Colorado Department of Corrections	New Jersey Department of Corrections
Connecticut Department of Correction	New York State Commission of Correction
Delaware Department of Correction	North Carolina Department of Correction
Florida Department of Corrections	North Dakota Dept. of Corrections & Rehab
Georgia Department of Corrections	Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction
Hawaii Department of Public Safety	Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Idaho Department of Correction	Oregon Department of Corrections
Illinois Department of Corrections	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Indiana Department of Correction	Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Iowa Department of Corrections	South Carolina Department of Corrections
Kansas Department of Corrections	South Dakota Department of Corrections
Kentucky Department of Corrections	Tennessee Department of Correction
Louisiana Dept. Of Public Safety & Corrections	Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Maine Department of Corrections	Utah Department of Corrections
Maryland Dept. of P. S. & Correctional Services	Vermont Department of Corrections
Massachusetts Department of Correction	Virginia Department of Corrections
Michigan Corrections	Washington State Dept. of Corrections
Minnesota Department of Corrections	West Virginia Division of Corrections
Mississippi Department of Corrections	Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Missouri Department of Corrections	Wyoming Department of Corrections

Prisoner/Prison Related Book Programs
The Aleph Institute 9540 Collins Avenue Surfside, Florida 33154 Phone: (305) 864-5553 Aleph is a not-for-profit national organization which has created and implemented a host of programs over the past 20 years that provide alternatives to incarceration, rehabilitate inmates, counsel and assist their families, and provide moral and ethical educational programs inculcating universal truths and concepts common to all of humanity. Jewish inmates may write to receive free books, regular monthly literature, holiday offerings, and family programs.
Books for Prisoners - c/o Groundwork Books 0323 Student Center La Jolla, California 92037 Phone: (858) 452-9625 - E-mail: groundwork@libertad.ucsd.edu Groundwork Books offers up to two books per person, free of charge. Send your request, specifying your interests, and we will send you a detailed booklet for that area of interest. Subjects: politics, spirituality, feminism, dictionaries, culture, social criticism, and select novels. Stamp donations are appreciated but not required.
Books Through Bars 4722 Baltimore Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19143 Phone: ( 215) 727-8170 - E-mail: info@BooksThroughBars.org We offer a wide range of reading materials free of charge to inmates. Request books by topic and specific subject areas (for example: novels, self-help, American history, etc.). If you wish, you may request specific titles or authors, however, we may not be able to provide these. No legal books. Donations, including stamps, are greatly appreciated. Please send information regarding prison regulations for reading material being sent in.
Books to Prisoners (BTP) 92 Pike Street Box A Seattle, Washington 98104 BTP sends donated books to prisoners. Choice of books is limited. Please send a list of topics you are interested in. No legal or religious books. It may take six to eight months for material to arrive, please be patient. Donations of stamps are appreciated.
Books to Prisons D.C. Area P.O. Box 5206 Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 Phone: (301) 699-0042 - E-mail: bookstoprisons@mutualaid.org Books to Prisons offers free educational as well as a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction reading material to prisoners around the United States free of charge. Please send requests for your general interests.
The Granite Publishing Group P.O. Box 1429 Columbus, North Carolina 28722 Phone: (828) 894-8444 - E-mail: brian@5thworld.com Inmates may write to receive free books on subjects that support the cultivation of planetary consciousness. The metaphysical/transformational subjects of our books range from Native American spirituality to the extraterrestrial presence. Please send postage if possible.
The Inside Books Project - c/o 12th Street Books 827 West 12th Street Austin, Texas 78701 Phone: (512) 647-4803 - E-mail: insidebooksproject@yahoo.com We send books free of charge to Texas inmates only. Please expect a three to six month wait. We also offer a resource list and a free newsletter. Donations and or stamps are appreciated if possible.
Lucy Parson's Center & Bookstore (PBP) 110 Arlington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Phone: (617) 423-3298 You may request topics or titles: limited legal materials, educational, social, political, fiction, and books in Spanish. No catalogue, however a resource list is available. We do not send books to California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Michigan, or Texas. Be patient, there is often a wait for a few weeks or months.
Prison Book Project P.O. Box 396 Amherst, Massachusetts 01004-0396 Phone: (413) 584-8975 ext. 208 - E-mail: info@prisonbooks.org You may request books by topics of interest. We do our best to meet the needs and demands of inmates. You may also request a specific book and we will try to find it for you. No mailing list or catalogue. Donations of artwork and poetry for fundraising greatly appreciated. Sorry, no Texas inmates.
Prisoners Literature Project - c/o Bound Together Bookstore 1369 Haight Street San Francisco, California 94117 Phone: (415) 431-8355 You may request types of books�not specific titles. No Christian, Islamic, horror, romance novels, or legal books. Stamps or donations are greatly appreciated but are not required. Main types of books usually requested: dictionaries, ethnic studies, basic educational books. Sorry, no Texas prisoners.
The Prison Library Project 915 West Foothill Boulevard P.M.B. 128 Claremont, California 91711 The Prison Library Project supplies books free of charge to inmates who request them. We try to provide an ongoing invitation to prisoners to embrace personal responsibility, growth, and a deeper appreciation for the world of books, ideas, and education. We offer books on self-help, personal and spiritual growth, wellness, and metaphysical books. No law books, technical, or GED, and no catalogue.
San Diego California Coalition for Women Prisoners - c/o World Beat Center 2100 Park Boulevard San Diego, California 92101 Phone: (619) 987-7553 SDCCWP sends books to women prisoners on various women's and political issues. Please write to request a free book list. Stamp donations are appreciated to pay for shipping.
Women's Prison Book Project (WPBP) - c/o Arise Bookstore 2441 Lyndale Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55405 Phone: (612) 729-5845 - E-mail: wpbp@prisonactivist.org Since 1994, the Women's Prison Book Project has provided women in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from law and education (dictionaries, GED, etc.) to politics, history, and women's health. There are other prison book projects, but we seek to meet the specific needs of women in prison.