DC Books to Prisons
@dcbookstoprisons.bsky.social
Since 1999, DC Books to Prisons has provided free books to incarcerated individuals. https://linktr.ee/dcbtp
Want to see all we did last year? Check out the DC Books to Prisons 2025 Year-in-Review newsletter! --> tr.ee/FWxFCS
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Want to see all we did last year? Check out the DC Books to Prisons 2025 Year-in-Review newsletter! --> tr.ee/FWxFCS
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!
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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!
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
January 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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
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
January 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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
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
Donate here > linktr.ee/dcbtp
December 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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
Donate here > linktr.ee/dcbtp
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
Donate now > linktr.ee/dcbtp
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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
Donate now > linktr.ee/dcbtp
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.
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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.
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
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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
#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
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#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
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
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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.
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
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
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🎁✨ 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
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
Good times at the @dcpunkflea.bsky.social yesterday, spreading the word and raising funds for the cause! #BookstoPeopleinPrison
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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!
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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!
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
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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
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.
October 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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.
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.
October 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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.
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.
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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.
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.
October 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@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
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 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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
October 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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