Websites/Resources
lgbtbookstoprisoners.org: A prison book program based in Madison, WI. Sends free books to incarcerated LGBTQ+ individuals in all states except Texas.
bookstoprisoners.net/find-more-organizations: List of prison book programs across the country, legal organizations, and other resources.
themarshallproject.org: Nonprofit journalism on criminal justice
prisonjournalismproject.org: A national network of incarcerated writers
right2hug.org: A project dedicated to ensuring children have the right to contact visits with their incarcerated parent(s)
Reports (available online for free)
“The Normalization of Book Banning” (2025)from PEN America
“Reading Between the Bars: An In-Depth Look at Prison Censorship” (2023) from PEN America
“Coming Out of Concrete Closets: A Report on Black & Pink’s National LGBTQ Prisoner Survey”(2015) from Black and Pink [scroll to bottom of homepage to access report]
Books
Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement (2023), edited by Moira Marquis and Dave “Mac” Marquis
Captive Genders Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex (2015), edited by Eric A Stanley and Nat Smith
Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal (2023), by Bettina L Love
Apocalypse Zines 