Pittsburgh Prison Book Project

Looking for a good way to connect with your group?

Try a sponsored packing session with PPBP!

Get the team together for a perusal through the stacks and find what one of the many incarcerated readers in PA has been dreaming of reading!

More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAIB6Fp26NDkgkQOld3PFKsZCWHGW711vkcZ9UrK7I4oaTbw/viewform

Sending our sympathy and condolences to the family and friends of Duane Ready. Duane was a long time volunteer and support of Book ‘Em / PPBP who was always a calm and steady presence in our sometimes chaotic environment. He’ll he missed.

Duane W. Ready formerly of Hopwood Duane W. Ready, 81, went to be with his Lord Saturday, June 14, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer, in Uniontown Hospital, with his loving family by his side. He was raised in Hopwood and later moved to Pittsburgh with his mother when he was 12. He kept close ties to [.....

Catch us on bluesky now!

Pittsburgh Prison Book Project (@pghpbp.bsky.social) Pittsburgh Prison Book Project is a volunteer, non-profit org that sends free books and quality reading material to people incarcerated in Pennsylvania https://pghprisonbookproject.org

This week we are celebrating with other organizations around the country to bring awarenesss to carceral censorship and put pressure on public officials and prison telecom companies to stop denying incarcerated people access to literature and information!

How you can participate:
-Purchase a book for PPBP this week from White Whale Books & Coffee, City of Asylum or from our bookshop.org wishlist (https://tinyurl.com/5n7p6rmk). A generous donor is matching all purchases!
-Tell your legislators to support books in prison!
-Get some swage or your own copy of "Books Through Bars" https://prisonbannedbooksweek.org/