Due to a 2024 policy change by the state, nonprofits that have sent free books to prisoners for over 50 years can’t serve ...
Prisoners most often request thrillers and mystery books, Schoenborn said—“anything that can help pass the time.” But reading ...
Chevalier's Books raised $6,300 and provided over 500 books across 15 different states for their Prison Drive.
Inmates in Bolivia's overcrowded prisons are now able to reduce their jail time by reading books in a new program influenced by one in Brazil that aims to spread literacy and give hope despite a ...
Big House Books receives requests in every ... and also the things that we get from all of the inmates that we support. Definitely, as you read the letters, you get the sense that they’re ...
The book club program is a creation of the ... Through this program, inmates are taught reading and writing skills to help them achieve their educational and career goals when they reintegrate ...
The inmate also said he had read her collection of essays in her book titled “Dokushokai to iu Kofuku” (The happiness gained from a book club), published by Iwanami Shoten in June 2022.