DC Books to Prisons

Cover of the newsletter with Mission Statement and summary of the year's work

Want to see all we did last year? Check out the DC Books to Prisons 2025 Year-in-Review newsletter! --> tr.ee/FWxFCS

23 big boxes of comics and graphic novels on the floor of the Fantom Comics shop.

Great big thanks to our friends @fantomcomics.bsky.social for their donation of 23 boxes of comics and graphic novels! This is such a monumental donation that will help us answer so very many letters, as comics and graphic novels are some of our most popular requests. Thanks again Fantom Comics!

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

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Home - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org

ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND

Thus really sucks.

2026 World Almanac book

Almanacs are always a popular request, but even more so at the start of the year, and we rarely have enough. Want to help? Check out our bookstore wish lists at linktr.ee/dcbtp

Joshua Colangelo-Bryan for Through the Gates of Hell An inspiring true story about an American attorney and his client confronting prejudice and persecution in a prison outside the law, as one fights for the other’s freedom, and the other fights for …

At this horrific time in history, we find ourselves reckoning with the past. Carve some time out with us to hear this powerful account of Guantanamo's Prisoner #361. Wed 1/7 @6. RSVP: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/americ...

@uzraz.bsky.social @humanrightsfirst.org @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social

An image of text that says 'MARIO KART FUNDRAISER AND BOOK DRIVE PLAY MARIO KART AND BRING SOME COMICS, MANGA, AND RPGS To SEND TO PEOPLE IN PRISONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY! ALL GAMING PROCEEDS WILL ALSO BE DONATED TO DC BTP! FANTOM COMICS SATURDAY JANUARY 6:30 PM 2010 P ST. NW ND FLOOR, DC

We get a lot of requests for comics and RPGs. Join us @fantomcomics.bsky.social this Saturday to play Mario Kart and raise funds so we can send comics and RPGs to incarcerated readers. Bring in any gently used comics, manga, and RPG titles (no nudity please). Can't join us? Donate at linktr.ee/dcptp

Hand drawn image of an angel with the text - In 2025 DC BtP sent over 8000 individual packages to people in state and federal prisons across the country. We could not have done this without help from our donors and volunteers. So when we get a note of thanks, it’s for everybody that helps at every step before any books reaches anyone’s hands. Happy New Year’s and big thanks to all!

Happy New Year's to everyone! 2025 was a trying year for us all, but trough the end of the year, a generous donor has offered to match all donations made to us up to $10,000! Every dime we get goes directly to sending books to the incarcerated.
Donate here > linktr.ee/dcbtp

our January Mario Kart Grand prix will be next Saturday the 3rd, raising funds for DC Books to Prisons!
tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

Double your impact! A generous donor has offered to match all donations up to $10,000 through the end of the year! We are a completely volunteer-run org working out of a donated space, so you every dime we get goes directly to sending books to the incarcerated.

Donate now > linktr.ee/dcbtp

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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Today, Saturday 12/20! Come get a book or two @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and DC Books to Prisons will wrap it for free! (Though of course donations will be accepted!) Shop local, take care of some last minute Xmas shopping, and support the cause! We'll be there from 9-9 at 600 H St. in DC.

Our Bodies, Their Currency: Parenthood and Survival in Texas’s Carceral System The following piece is both a condemnation and a call to action — a raw testimony that exposes how sexual extortion operates as official policy disguised as individual corruption. I write this as…

by Kwaneta Harris, incarcerated writer in Texas
sfonline.barnard.edu/our-bodies-t...

DC Books to Prisons is 100% volunteer run, so every cent we raise goes to sending books to people in prison. For the rest of the year every donation made to out program will be matched, up to $10,000! Double your impact at linktr.ee/dcbtp

Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown State and federal authorities are monitoring online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans.

AP finds federal and state authorities in Louisiana are monitoring the online activities of ICE critics. Chilling. apnews.com/article/immi...

Quote - "I credit you guys for me being able to graduate from H.S. The material you guys provided me helped me teach myself algebra and geometry and I passed the math GED test finally at 42. I will now pursue a college degree. I will be the first in my family. I hope to inspire my nieces and nephews." - James in Susanville, CA

#GivingTuesday has passed, big thanks to the generous donors who helped. We are a volunteer-run org, so every dime we raise goes to send books to the incarcerated. You can still make a donation, and until the end of the year, all donations will be matched up to $10,000! Help us at linktr.ee/dcbtp

Quote - "I credit you guys for me being able to graduate from H.S. The material you guys provided me helped me teach myself algebra and geometry and I passed the math GED test finally at 42. I will now pursue a college degree. I will be the first in my family. I hope to inspire my nieces and nephews." - James in Susanville, CA

#GivingTuesday has passed, big thanks to the generous donors who helped. We are a volunteer-run org, so every dime we raise goes to send books to the incarcerated. You can still make a donation, and until the end of the year, all donations will be matched up to $10,000! Help us at linktr.ee/dcbtp

A picture of self-help books with the quote "Being in prison is like living in a knowledge desert. Accordingly, books are the utopian oasis under the unremitting sun" - Bradley in Vacaville, CA

It's Giving Tuesday! We receive 500-800 letters a month from people requesting books, and we need your help. Every dollar donated goes toward sending books to the incarcerated, and right now a donor is matching all donations up to $10,000! This #GivingTuesday help us send books at linktr.ee/dcbtp

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday! The people we serve use books to improve their education, plan for their future careers, and as a distraction from the realities of prison life. Help us send books to the people who need them, and a donor will match everything up to $10,000I Donate at linktr.ee/dcbtp

Thanks to everyone who came to @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social yesterday and got some books wrapped up for the holiday! Enjoyed supporting a local bookstore on Small Business Saturday and we appreciate their support for our cause. #SmallBusinessSaturday #BooksToPeopleInPrison

Join us for complimentary gift wrapping on all purchases @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social at 600 H Street NE today! Shop local, enjoy the festive and giving vibes, and check a few presents off your list. #IndieBookstore #shoplocal #shopsmall #BooksToPeopleInPrison

This Thanksgiving, we thank our volunteers. DCBtP keeps growing, providing more resources to men and women in facilities nationwide. We can only do this because of our dedicated volunteers. Thank you for filling requests, packaging books, calling prisons and beyond. Those we serve thank you too.

🎁✨ Small Business Saturday Celebration! ✨🎁
Shop local this Saturday at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, 600 H Street, and DC Books to Prisons volunteers will gift wrap the books you purchase for free! Shop small and help us spread cheer! #SmallBusinessSaturday #IndieBookstore #shoplocal #shopsmall

Paper book ban sparks independent audit of Metropolitan Detention Center A new policy at MDC removing paper books and paper letters from inmates is under scrutiny.

We need to keep talking about the situation in Bernalillo County MDC, where ALL paper books--including personal possessions--were taken away from incarcerated people earlier this year. The proposed replacement is a tablet with extremely limited book options.

www.kob.com/new-mexico/p...

Good times at the @dcpunkflea.bsky.social yesterday, spreading the word and raising funds for the cause! #BookstoPeopleinPrison

We'll be tabling at the @dcpunkflea.bsky.social this Saturday! We'll have zines, stickers, buttons, and all the program info you desire! This is one of my favorite things to do all year, cool people, good vibes, and lots of neat vendors with gifts or the holidays! Don't miss out and come say hi!

Looking so forward to tabling here next week!

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.

We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

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