Help stamp out ignorance. Send your used books to prison! Send me all kinds of books, not crime stories. I will send them to jail birds. Send chess magazines: “New in Chess”, foreign languages, NOT “Chess Life”. The rate of recidivism of inmates who played chess in prison is 10%. The rate of recidivism of [...]

HELP! I have written to every prison in the State of Washington asking if they want any chess sets. A prison official called and said they can use forty sets. The second prison official that called said they can use forty sets. That’s the way it goes. Forty tournament size solid plastic sets and forty [...]

  THE PRISON CHESS PROGRAM sponsered by the National Chess Foundation has been actively helping jail inmates for over a decade now and has supplied them with thousands of chess sets, boards, clocks, books and magazines. This remarkable humanitarian effort is primarily the accomplishment of one dedicated man, James R. Schroeder. Almost singlehandedly he has [...]

  Retributive justice is an archaic notion. The penal system in the United States is a national disgrace. Do not confuse humanity with sympathy for criminals. Mercy is the quality that separates man from beast. Chess reduces recidivism. The Isolanis Chess Club urges you to give generously to The Prison Chess Fund.  Send check or [...]