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The award—a collaboration between Freedom Reads, the National Book Foundation, and the Center for Justice Innovation—is judged by more than 200 incarcerated individuals from 12 prisons. Imani Perry's 'South to America' was named the at an August 1 ceremony.buff.ly/3YBNBHI

Imani Perry's "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation" won the inaugural Inside Literary Prize - a collaboration between grantees Freedom Reads and Center for Justice Innovation, w/ National Book Foundation and Lori Feathers. brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/…

Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Dwayne Betts joined Jared Bowen on The Culture Show | GBH to talk about the inaugural #InsideLiteraryPrize 📚 wgbh.org/podcasts/the-c…

I got to be a judge for the Inside Literary Prize, a new award that gives readers in prison a chance to recognize books that matter to them. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/08/06/boo…

This summer, Freedom Reads welcomed 5 interns to the team. We are so grateful for their contributions! The interns share their favorite recent reads, what they worked on this summer & what they will take away from their time at Freedom Reads on the blog ⬇️freedomreads.org/news/blog/meet…

After seeing "Felon" — a one-man show by Dwayne Betts — at #PrincetonU in 2021, Princeton University Library's Anne Jarvis worked with Princeton's Prison Teaching Initiative and Princeton University State Affairs to bring Freedom Reads Freedom Libraries to New Jersey. bit.ly/3YF0CQE

Anne Jarvis, dean of libraries at Princeton University, worked with Princeton’s Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI) and Office of State Affairs to bring Freedom Libraries to #NewJersey bit.ly/3YF0CQE

"They entered into the experience w/ an open mind & the commitment to the process because it was their integrity at stake." Andrea Smith, MN Dept of Corrections Sr. Librarian, spoke at the #InsideLiteraryPrize award ceremony 📚 sophia stewart Publishers Weekly publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

“When you meet Dwayne, you cannot but be pulled in by his story and how access to books made such a difference to his life." Dean of Libraries Anne Jarvis worked with Dwayne Betts and his Freedom Reads org to bring the First Freedom Library to NJ: princeton.edu/news/2024/08/1…

"I became a writer as soon as I was in prison. I was sitting in a cell thinking, what am I going to do with these nine years?" Dwayne Betts, lawyer, poet and the founder of Freedom Reads, in a conversation with PJP shares how he became a prison poet. prisonjournalismproject.org/2022/09/14/wri…

I got to be a judge for the Inside Literary Prize, a new award that gives readers in prison a chance to recognize books that matter to them. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/08/06/boo…

"I joined because reading is my life. The library is my happy place." 💬 Chelsea, #InsideLiteraryPrize (ILP) judge at MCF - Shakopee ICYMI: Listen in on an ILP book discussion with the judges at MCF-Shakopee in Center for Justice Innovation's New Thinking podcast 🎧 innovatingjustice.org/publications/i…

Earlier this year, Princeton University State Affairs, the #PrincetonU Prison Teaching Initiative and Princeton University Library collaborated with Freedom Reads to open the first Freedom Libraries in New Jersey at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Chesterfield. bit.ly/4dYjSgf

“A library is never just one thing.” Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Dwayne Betts reflected on the impact of books in prison, founding Freedom Reads, and the inaugural #InsideLiteraryPrize in @Service95 ⬇️ service95.com/inside-literar…