Welcome To Letters Behind Bars

Knowledge through books to Inmates

We receive requests for books everyday from inmates, help us provide for them free of charge!.

Who we are?

About Us

Help us provide books and other educational materials to the United States incarcerated population.

We provide books free of charge to inmates requesting. Our unique position and partnership with Jarir Bookstore USA and other publishers enables to provide tailored orders for each individual request. 

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said “Knowledge from which no benefit is like a treasure out of which nothing is spent in the cause of God.” (Al-Tirmidhi, 108)

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Our Support in this noble cause

Our Partners

Our Partners working with us on fulfilling book requests that come from these inmates across the nation requesting Islamic or Arabic Books.

Jarir Bookstore

For the past 30 years

Jarir Bookstore has been actively working on fulfilling book requests that come from these inmates across the nation requesting Islamic or Arabic Books. In addition to providing books nationally to various Correctional Institutions, they have been working alongside local Southern California community members and organizations who work with Muslim inmates in every capacity to fulfill their Islamic educational needs, and requests.

Chaplain Maria

Senior Chaplain Maria Khani, who has been working with inmates for the past 14 years in all Orange County and Los Angeles jails. She mentors and works with roughly 500 inmates.You can read about her work which has been covered by the Los Angeles Times

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