DC Books to Prisons

‘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.

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The final numbers are in from the Banned Books Week Book Drive, and it was our most successful ever! Thanks to all of you, we received 406 new paperback books, as well as over $5,300 in matching funds! We are already sending those books out to the incarcerated populations we serve. linktr.ee/dcbtp

Wisconsin woman challenges prison's book ban after warden blocks humorous gift A Wisconsin woman is speaking out after a state prison warden refused to allow a book she purchased as a gift to reach an inmate, despite the book being shipped from an authorized vendor.

She's voicing important things about prison censorship:

1. Oversight to stop harmful decisions needs to happen NOW.

2. Mailrooms claim ANYTHING on a book is "drugs". Proof? Who cares!

Thank you for speaking up. It coincides perfectly with #PrisonBannedBooksWeek2025.

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Banned Books Week: Firestorm Books Prison Books Program - Southern Indie Booksellers Alliance

📘 Check out the article a member of our team wrote for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance at sibaweb.com/blogpost/115... about the big impact indies can have when they support the prison book movement! #PrisonBannedBookWeek 5/5

It's a good book to read.

We have free copies for anyone in prison in the United States or Canada.

A book full of the book Copaganda

Thanks to @equalityalec.bsky.social for copies of "Copaganda," which shows the role media, security forces, universities and "liberal" politicians have in growing the security state and ensuring unequal justice. We'll send these to the prison book clubs we support and fulfill individual requests.

Each book sent to an incarcerated person means more than just giving something to read, it offers hope, education, and escape, reminding them they are not alone in this world. Mark your calendar for the coming Prison Banned Books Week - prisonbannedbooksweek.org

Big Thanks to everyone who donated books to DC Books to Prisons over the last week! The Banned Books Bookdrive was by far our most successful ever, and coupled with the matching cash donation for every book bought from our partner bookstores we’ll be able to keep up and perhaps expand our work.

Today is the last day of our Banned Books Week Bookdrive, where every book donated from our partner independent bookstores will be matched by a monetary donation. This is your last chance to double your donation to help us serve the incarcerated, Check out our wishlists here - linktr.ee/dcbtp

Prisons and jails ban more books than all public schools and libraries combined. Throughout the country individual prisons and entire states are implementing more draconian and non-sensical prison book bans, with little public knowledge or outcry.

Tomorrow, October 11, is the last day of our Banned Books Week Bookdrive, when every book purchased from our partner bookstores is matched by a cash donation. Spend $20, and we get the book and $20! Your donation is doubled! Help us serve the forgotten from our wishlists - linktr.ee/dcbtp

Prisons censor staggering numbers of books and other reading materials, not just for their content but for a stunning range of capricious reasons including the size of a book or the color of mailed wrapping paper.

@mahoganybooks.bsky.social, in Oxon Hill MD, is collecting books purchased in-store and has a wishlist for us. Through Saturday, October 11, buy a book for DCBtP in-store or from the wishlist and a donor will match the amount of the gift!. Our bookstore wishlists are here - linktr.ee/dcbtp

I don't think most people understand what we're facing. Not really.

Are you looking to do something positive and tangible in the midst of everything?

Also, today, Wednesday October 8 from 3-7 PM, DCBtP will be at the Solid State Books shop at 600F H St NE, Washington DC, along with the Penguin RandomHouse Banned Wagon to bring awareness to book bans across the country. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by and say hi!

Today 10/8! Books donated from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social wishlist will be delivered to us with no shipping - bookshop.org/wishlists/1f.... Until October 11, when you buy a book for DC Books to Prisons from our wishlists a donor will match the amount of the gift. But today is the best day!!!

October 7-8 all books purchased from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists come with free delivery! With the Banned Books Week Bookdrive, a donor will cash match every book! Right now is the best time to donate to DC Books to Prisons – linktr.ee/dcbtp

Hey! Today and tomorrow October 7th and 8th shipping us free from our @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlist! Don't wait to donate books, support the store, and every cent you spend will be matched by a donor! bookshop.org/wishlists/fc...

Support a great cause at a great store!

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We'll be there too!

Until October 11, buy a book for DC Books to Prisons from the @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlist and a donor will match the amount of the gift to DCBtP. So the store gets the sale, and we get the book and some money to send them! Check out the wishlist -
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But we still serve thousands of prisoners a year from over 600 prisons! Through October 11, book donations made through our independent bookstore partners @mahoganybooks.bsky.social, @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com will be matched by a donor. Help us here - linktr.ee/dcbtp

Did you know prisons ban books for format, condition, content, size, quantity, source, or the made-up fear they are all dipped in fentanyl? Throughout the country individual prisons and entire states are implementing more draconian and non-sensical prison book bans.

A red book on a yellow background with the words Banned Books Bookdrive October 5-11 All books donated from our partner bookstores will be matched with cash! linktr.ee/dcbtp

@bannedbooksweek.bsky.social starts today! Prisons ban more books than all public schools and libraries combined. All week books donated to us from our partners will be matched. See our @mahoganybooks.bsky.social @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists - linktr.ee/dcbtpp

This week, Banned Books Week, we're partnering with @dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social - any books purchased off their wishlist will be matched! Let's clear the list!

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Picture of a bookshelf with the text Banned Books Week Bookdrive Starts Sunday! From October 5-11 all books purchased for our program from partner independent bookstores with be matched by a donor! Check out our independent bookstore wishlists and prepare for tomorrow! linktr.ee/dcbtp

@bannedbooksweek.bsky.social starts Sunday. Prisons have the most restrictive book bans in the country. All week books donated to us from our bookstore partners will be matched. See our @mahoganybooks.bsky.social, @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists - linktr.ee/dcbtp