Rehabilitation through reading.

Bang Up Books is a community interest company (CIC) that gives everyone in prison the opportunity to read—an essential yet underutilised tool for rehabilitation, reintegration, and the reduction of reoffending.

We have now delivered 300,000 brand new books to every prison in England and Wales. We want to continue and expand this work, your donations achieve that.

Books are a lifeline inside prison. A route to learning, better mental health, reflection, and a window into worlds beyond the walls. 

We source brand new books from publisher overstocks and private donations, and get them into every prison in England and Wales. 
They start reading groups that spark key conversations. They live in visit centres so prisoners can read with their children. They help people learn to read for the first time. 

We also create our own projects, including Once Upon A Time—a first-of-its-kind anthology of prison writing, produced entirely inside prison.