We're a book collective that sends free books to people who are locked up in LA, AL, & AR.
New Orleans, LA
Joined June 2019
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Why are book bans in prisons so awful?
theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
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Prison tablets are extremely expensive for those inside. For #prisonbannedbooksweek we say stop censoring paper literature and give free library catalogue access on prison tablets nationwide. #booksnotbans
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Prison Banned Books Week coming soon! September 15-21, 2024. Follow us and our partner orgs!
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Prison Banned Books Week launches Sept. 15th! Follow us for more info on putting a stop to censorship. #booksnotbans #prisonbannedbooksweek
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Books for Brews is back! @LAB2P needs PAPERBACK Spanish-language books, which will be sent to people held in ICE facilities. Bring these books to @UrbanSouthBeer on Aug 24 from 1-4pm and exchange them for FREE BEER!
You will also have the opportunity to register to vote!
LouisianaBooks2Prisoners retweeted
TOMORROW! Bring new or gently used books for readers PreK-12th grade to @ParleauxBeerLab from 1-4pm. We're partnering with @toupsmeatery/@toupsfamilymeal to provide books to children whose access to books gets cut off during the summer when schools close.
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This summer, we're joining forces with @toupsmeatery to provide books and meals to hundreds of children in Orleans Parish, and we need your help! Please bring new or gently used books geared toward readers PreK-12th grade to @ParleauxBeerLab on Sat, June 15, 1:00-4:00pm.
LouisianaBooks2Prisoners retweeted
This man makes 13 cents an hour as a prison janitor.
After working 136 hours, he donated $17.74 to relief efforts in Gaza.
Such a beautiful interview-essay by Aala Abdullahi:
themarshallproject.org/2024/…
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Join us and @LAB2P for a conversation about social justice, literacy, activism, and more with authors Mac Marquis and @LVikkimL on Wednesday, April 10, at Community Book Center. Complete details and registration: eventbrite.com/e/reading-for…
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"[Preventing access to information] allows the corrections officers and wardens to control the population in ways that benefit them more than focusing on the growth of people that are locked up.” -Paul Tardie, @InsideBooksATX
aol.com/news/basic-human-dig…
LouisianaBooks2Prisoners retweeted
Louisiana's new governor has called a special legislative session to pass "tough on crime" legislation.
It is already the global leader in incarceration.
How many more lives have to be ruined before they acknowledge that their experiment with mass incarceration has failed?
LouisianaBooks2Prisoners retweeted
The power of books 📚:
"Because of your book program sending me Michie’s West Virginia Code Annotated, I was able to litigate an amended sentence order from life without parole to eligibility for parole after serving 15 years. In other words, you helped save my life. Thank you."
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"If access to books decreases recidivism, then why would prisons limit it so much? The answer is profit. "
bookriot.com/prison-banned-b…
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"Prison is a dangerous place for LGBTQ+ people. I made a safe space in the library"🩷 A poignant, thoughtful & powerful read courtesy of the always excellent @MarshallProj themarshallproject.org/2023/…
LouisianaBooks2Prisoners retweeted
Excellent article in @GlobeOpinion:
bostonglobe.com/2023/10/23/o…
Excerpt: "In January 2023, PEN America sent me its 2022 Prison Writing Awards Anthology, but my facility refused to give it to me, because I authored one of the book’s articles."
#PrisonBannedBooksWeek
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Want to get book bans out of prisons but don't know where to start? @PENamerica can help! Click here to learn more: linktr.ee/prisonbookprogram
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"I’ll never understand the mindset of someone who’d ban books, who’d deny books from the most needy."
Read about book bans that keep literature out of the hands of incarcerated people in this article from @_inquest: inquest.org/the-surreal-pris…
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
Books for Brews, our annual book drive benefiting @LAB2P, is coming up on Saturday, August 26, from 2:00-5:00pm at @faubourgbeer. We could use some helping hands! Read complete job descriptions and sign up: signupgenius.com/go/60b0549a…
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“It’s almost like the outside is reproducing what’s been happening for a long time on the inside"
truthout.org/articles/as-boo…
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Yall remember this Lucille Clifton poem?
why some people be mad at me sometimes
they ask me to remember
but they want me to remember
their memories
and i keep on remembering
mine.
READ THAT, THEN READ THIS.
scalawagmagazine.org/2023/06…
