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DC Books to Prisons (BtP) works to provide books to prisoners by responding to individual inmates' requests and supporting prison libraries.

BtP provides prisoners with inspiration, compassion, and education through the joy of reading.

08/11/2026

Black August is an annual commemoration and prison-based holiday to remember Black political prisoners, Black freedom struggles in the United States and beyond, and to highlight Black resistance against racial, colonial and imperialist oppression, initiated by a group of incarcerated people in San Quentin State Prison in 1979 to commemorate the deaths of Jonathan P. Jackson (d. August 7, 1970) and George Jackson (d. August 21, 1971) at the prison.

Check out our Solid State wish list online for related titles and they’ll be delivered directly to DC Books to Prisons! Every book we receive will be used to fulfill an incarcerated individual’s request.

https://linktr.ee/dcbtp

08/01/2026

This Sunday come donate some books and celebrate James Baldwin's birthday with us at the Eaton House in DC!

07/09/2026

In 2018 the cost of a one-pound media mail package was $2.66 while today the one-pound rate is $4.47, and most packages we send are two or three pounds each. We receive no government funding and all the work we do is done by unpaid volunteers and financed by donors like you. We would like to raise $5,000 to help cover postage for the next few months, so please consider helping DC Books to Prisons with our shipping costs by donating today at linktr.ee/dcbtp. Thank you for supporting the work of DC Books to Prisons!

05/19/2026

The President Lincoln Cottage Museum is holding a book drive for us this month! If you're in the neighborhood visit a very cool museum and help send books to the incarcerated! www.lincolncottage.org

05/04/2026

Big Thanks to everyone who donated books to DC BtP over the last week! This was our most successful book drive ever and that could not have been done without all of you. We also want to thank our partner indie bookstores for their support! WE couldn’t have done this in the first place without you! Always remember that each book donated and sent to an incarcerated person means more than just giving somebody something to read, it offers them hope, education, and escape, and remind them they are not alone in the world. We always take monetary or book donations – linktr.ee/dcbtp

05/01/2026

Don’t wait any longer! Tomorrow is the last day of our matching book drive. Help improve someone’s life by donating books purchased in-store or online which will be cash matched by a generous donor. Help us out and support an independent bookstore at the same time! Check out our online wishlists here – linktr.ee/dcbtp

04/30/2026

We'll be here Saturday May 2! Come by and say hi and expand your perspectives! https://withfriends.co/event/27952007/working_class_literature_festival_washington_dc

04/29/2026

Independent Bookstore Week keeps moving on! Solid State Books, at 600F H St NE and 14th & S Street NW in Washington DC, is a full-service, Black-owned general interest bookstore and a great supporter of DC BtP. We need new condition books more than ever, and until May 2 all books bought for us from our online wishlist will be cash matched! Support Solid State Books and our work at https://linktr.ee/dcbtp

04/28/2026

Independent Bookstore Week keeps going! BOL Co-op, at 716 Monroe St NE Studio #11, Washington, DC (Brookland), is a worker-owned community bookstore and café rooted in global racial justice. You can support BOL Co-op and DC BtP through May 2 by buying a book in-store or from our online wish list at linktr.ee/dcbtp (link in bio), with every book bought for us matched with a cash donation. Everybody wins!

04/27/2026

People’s Book, at 7014 Westmoreland Ave Suite A, Takoma Park MD, is a mom-and-pop bookstore and a very appreciated supporter of DC BtP. Restrictions on what books we can send in are getting stricter by the month, and new books are needed more than ever. You can support People’s Book and DC BtP through May 2 by buying a book in-store or from our online wish list at linktr.ee/dcbtp (link in bio), with every book bought for us matched with a cash donation.

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