La organización Freedom Reads ha instalado 498 bibliotecas en 50 prisiones para jóvenes y adultos en todo EE.UU., que incluyen libros en español. "Esto abre tu mente y hace que quieras cambiar", dice ...

Accessing reading material in prisons is hard, but Freedom Reads co-founder Reginald Betts, a former inmate, went beyond books, creating libraries made by former prisoners.

The libraries include poetry, novels and essays, alongside classic works such as Homer's "The Odyssey" and Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man."

Freedom Reads: Turning a Dream into Reality

National non-profit Freedom Reads facilitates Inside Literary Prize book discussions, voting, and author events at California Institution for Men and Central California Women’s Facility

The Freedom Reads literary competition announced the shortlist for their 2025 prize. It’s the second year of the competition, which claims to be the first of its kind to be judged exclusively by incar...

YouTube video by Oklahoma Department of Corrections

The literary competition, now in its second year, is partly a creation of Freedom Reads, an organization which helps supply libraries inside correctional facilities across the country.

At the end of James Wright’s poem, “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota,” as he writes about noticing the bronze butterfly, a leaf in green shadow, as he writes about ...

Freedom Reads: Showing Up

Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, Ethan Hawke and Ada Limón.