[1][2] While the organization is based in Massachusetts, it mails packages of books to people in prisons in 45 U.S. states, as well as Puerto Rico and Guam.
[5] Kelly Brotzman, a former professor with a PhD in social ethics from the University of Chicago, currently serves as Executive Director.
[1] From 1982-2000, the program was housed in the basement of the Red Sun Press, a print shop in Jamaica Plain.
[1] In 2000, volunteers moved to a space in downtown Boston before settling in PBP's current headquarters in the basement of the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts in 2004.
[1] Prison Book Program published "We the People Legal Primer" in 2004 and "Insider's Guide to Jailhouse Law" in 2024.