Appalachian Prison Book Project

Scope and Contents Publications of works by incarcerated members of book clubs facilitated by the Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP). Includes one copy of Holding onto Sand, a collection of writings by the incarcerated members of the APBP Book Club at FCI Hazelton, a men’s medium security federal prison in Preston County, West Virginia. Beginning in June of 2016, four APBP volunteers facilitated a book club that met inside the men's medium security federal prison; this...

Scope and Contents

Records of the Appalachian Prison Book Project, a non-profit organization that supports and furthers educational justice throughout the Appalachian region by providing books and educational opportunities to incarcerated people, among other initiatives. These records include primarily correspondence from people in prison requesting specific books, as well as notebooks logging volunteer hours and books sent and other materials (Box 46).