Freedom Reads Returns to Open Additional Freedom Libraries in Virginia Prisons
National non-profit Freedom Reads opens 32 Freedom Libraries at Dillwyn Correctional Center and Buckingham Correctional Center; Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts performs...
Freedom Reads Brings Literary Presentation to Men’s and Women’s Prisons in Rhode Island
In its first events in Rhode Island prisons, national non-profit Freedom Reads brings literary dialogue to the John J. Moran Medium Security Facility and the...
Freedom Libraries Open at Maryland Youth and Adult Detention and Correctional Facilities
National non-profit Freedom Reads opens Freedom Libraries at Cheltenham Youth Detention Center, the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, and Dorsey Run Correctional Facility; literary performances...
Freedom Libraries Open at Massachusetts Prison
National Non-Profit Freedom Reads Returns to MCI-Norfolk, home of the first Freedom Library The national non-profit Freedom Reads announced today they have opened an additional 15...
Freedom Reads, National Book Foundation, Center for Justice Innovation Launch First Major US Book Prize to Be Judged Exclusively by Incarcerated People
Inaugural “Inside Literary Prize” will send a selection of National Book Award honorees to hundreds of incarcerated people in a dozen prisons across the country;...
Freedom Libraries to Open in Maine State Prison
Freedom Libraries, conceived by Reginald Dwayne Betts, former prisoner-turned-acclaimed-poet, open at maximum security facility in Warren, Maine Today, the national non-profit Freedom Reads opened 17 Freedom...
Freedom Reads Partners With the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) to Empower Youth Through Literature
Freedom Library conceived by Reginald Dwayne Betts, former prisoner-turned-acclaimed-poet, opens at DYS' Edward J. Loughran Memorial Library in Dorchester, Massachusetts Today, the national nonprofit Freedom Reads...
Freedom Libraries to Open in Virginia Prisons
Freedom Libraries conceived by former prisoner-turned-acclaimed-poet open at St. Brides Correctional Center and Indian Creek Correctional Center Today, the national non-profit Freedom Reads opened 12 Freedom...
Freedom Libraries to Open in Maine Prisons
Freedom Libraries conceived by former prisoner-turned-acclaimed-poet open at Maine Correctional Center and Maine Correctional Women's Center. Today the national nonprofit Freedom Reads opened six Freedom Libraries...
Freedom Libraries Open in Connecticut Prison
Freedom Libraries conceived by former prisoner-turned-acclaimed-poet open at Manson Youth Institution,York Correctional Institution and Cheshire Correctional Institution This month the Hamden-based nonprofit Freedom Reads opened seven...