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Books behind bars.
The result is that prisoners can trade them around and read all the titles we ve sent.
Each week we receive hundreds of letters from prisoners requesting books.
We have thousands of pen pals in prison to select from.
Each year we send over 8 000 book packages.
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Nyc books through bars is an all volunteer run group that sends free donated books to incarcerated people across the nation.
Inmates personal profiles inmates legal profiles and inmate resumes.
It s one thing to have a book on a shelf at the library and another to teach it in class.
This results in our books being read as many as 100 times before they disintegrate.
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Based in philadelphia pa books through bars is a volunteer run organization that distributes free books and educational materials to incarcerated people in pa nj ny md de va and wv.
Kay started responding to the letters and sending out as many books as she could.
In the most thorough and painstakingly researched book to be published since the 1980s specialist music editor elaine gould provides a comprehensive grounding in notational principles.
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Our needs are always changing and our storage space is limited.
Books behind bars we have distributed over 61 000 books on mindfulness meditation and buddhism to prisoners through this project since 1989.
We don t just send one title.
We welcome all who wish to learn and help.
Prisoners send us a constant flow of thank you letters telling us how even one book has radically changed their life.
Books behind bars was started by kay allison of the quest institute in response to letters she was receiving at her quest book shopfrom inmates seeking books.
When we send books to prison.
Inmates tell us that they totally relate to the stories in our books.