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Women's Prison Book Project
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1997, page 16
The Women's Prison Book Project (WPBP) is a group of volunteers organizing to provide women in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from legal and education materials to politics, history, and women's health.
Filed under:
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Commentary/Reviews,
Reviews,
Resources.
Location:
Minnesota.
There are other prison book projects, but we seek to meet the …
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