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Mission Statement
The mission of Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners is to provide free books to people incarcerated in Illinois and to promote education about incarceration and prisons.
History of Books to Prisoners
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Winter 2025 Newsletter
Summer 2025 Newsletter
Summer 2022 Newsletter
Winter 2021 Newsletter
Summer 2021 Newsletter
Winter 2020 Newsletter
Books to Prisoners Story Map by Kenneth Okai
Illinois Prison Project
Prison Journalism Project (Illinois Stories)
Illinois State Legislature Discusses IDOC Policies on Mail
Changing Illinois Department of Corrections Policies on Mail
Truth in Sentencing and Illinois Prisons
Smile Politely Article about Books to Prisoners (March 2025)
Fourteen East In's and Outs of Two Prison Book Programs in Illinois
Daily Illini (October 2024)
Daily Illini (April 2023)
To the Door: Words and Images From on the Inside (Zine, 2006)
Captured Word (2007)
If you Heard Me Cry (Zine, 2011)
