Wisconsin Books to Prisoners

Wisconsin Books to Prisoners is a volunteer-run nonprofit books to prisoners organization which sends books upon request to people incarcerated in Wisconsin.

[1] The organization is based in Madison, WI and was founded in 2006.

WBTP is affiliated with feminist bookstore A Room Of Ones Own, and is additionally supported by Half Price Books and Voyageur Book Shop.

[2] LGBT Books to Prisoners, also headquartered in Madison, began as an offshoot of WPTP in 2007.

[3] In fall 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections announced that donated used books could not longer be sent to inmates in Wisconsin prisons, sparking controversy.