Lewisburg Prison Project

The Lewisburg Prison Project (LPP) is a nonprofit organization that provides legal and other assistance to prisoners in Central Pennsylvania. LPP counsels and assists prisoners who write to them when they encounter problems they perceive as illegal or unfair. LPP’s geographic coverage area includes four federal institutions (Allenwood, Lewisburg, McKean, and Schuylkill), 11 Pennsylvania state prisons, and 34 county jails in the middle district of Pennsylvania. LPP writes to and visits inmates and assists them by talking to prison authorities, furnishing inmates with appropriate legal materials, and evaluating the case as to whether it should proceed to litigation. In addition to communicating with prisoners in central Pennsylvania, the Lewisburg Prison Project distributes publications to inmates nationwide at a nominal fee.