prison libraries

Freedom Reads, a nonprofit founded by formerly incarcerated poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts, is transforming prisons through literature. The organization has installed nearly 500 handcrafted mini-libraries in 50 correctional facilities, offering 280,000 books to inmates. The libraries, built by former inmates and designed to contrast prison architecture, foster introspection and community. Inmate Maria Montalvo […]