The Prison Book Program is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that sends free books in response to requests from prisoners in the U.S.A.

The Prison Book Program has been supplying individuals and groups of prisoners with quality reading material since 1972. We believe that literacy and access to reading materials are crucial for the personal, spiritual and political development of all people. With 2 million people locked up in our nation’s federal and state prisons and local jails, and with educational programming being drastically cut, the need for our services has never been greater. Education is the only tool proven to help prevent people from returning to prison again and again.

For more information, please go to http://www.prisonbookprogram.org, send an email to [email protected], or call 617-423-3298.

If you have found this book, I hope that you will be a good friend to it! Please tell us how you came across it, whether you enjoyed reading it, and how you plan to pass it along to the next reader.

RELEASE NOTES:

Bella Vita is at 30 Charles Street, within easy walking distance of at least four MBTA stations: Charles/MGH (Red Line), Bowdoin (Blue Line), Park Street (Red Line), and Arlington (Green Line).

Please be sure to check the bookshelf near the gelato counter!