Freedom libraries open in Buckingham County. Where are they?
Freedom Reads opened 32 Freedom Libraries in Buckingham and Dillwyn Correctional Centers in Virginia on March 5 and 6, bringing the total number of Freedom Libraries in Virginia prisons to 56.
'Freedom Libraries' coming to Buckingham County DOC facilities
Freedom Reads opened 32 Freedom Libraries at Dillwyn and Buckingham Correctional Centers in Virginia, and Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts performed his one-man show, FELON: An American Washi Tale, inside at both prisons.
Nonprofit opens 32 ‘Freedom Libraries’ at VA correctional centers
Freedom Reads opened 32 Freedom Libraries in cell blocks at Dillwyn and Buckingham Correctional Centers in Virginia, and Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts performed his solo show, FELON: An American Washi Tale, at both prisons.
Nonprofit Freedom Reads opens 32 ‘Freedom Libraries’ in VADOC’s Buckingham County facilities
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts performed his solo show, FELON: An American Washi Tale, and the Freedom Reads team opened 32 Freedom Libraries, at Dillwyn and Buckingham Correctional Centers in Virginia to commemorate the 19th anniversary of Dwayne's release from prison.
Spotlight: Freedom Reads Social Impact Fellowship
Pria Garcelle, a Princeton University GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow with Freedom Reads, reflects on Freedom Reads' team trip to Montgomery, Alabama to visit the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
How one poet is bringing literature to prisons, and how you can help
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts spoke with WGBH's Jared Bowen, host of The Culture Show, about access to literature in prisons and how books inspire, fuel conversation, and create shared experience.
Poet and lawyer works to change life in prisons
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts spoke with NY1’s Annika Pergament about the origin of Freedom Reads, the power of literature behind bars, and his experience in solitary confinement. Dwayne also read from his acclaimed book of poetry, FELON.
Freedom Reads program brightening lives of incarcerated New Yorkers
Spectrum News chatted with library patrons at Otisville Correctional Facility in New York about the Freedom Library and how reading helps them imagine new possibilities for their lives.
A look at efforts to beef up libraries in Mass. prisons and jails
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts spoke about access to literature in Massachusetts prisons, the 500-book Freedom Library collection, and the Inside Literary Prize.
Dr. King Honored by Leaders at BAM
Reginald Dwayne Betts, Freedom Reads Founder & CEO, delivered an inspirational keynote address at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Cleveland Public Library to host talk with prison literacy activist, author
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts will speak about the barriers to accessing books in prison at a Cleveland Public Library event.
Gloria Estefan, Martin Sheen, Mitt Romney & More Headline ‘The Thread,’ New Documentary Series From Life Stories About Purpose-Driven Lives
The Thread, a documentary series by Life Stories about living a purpose driven life, will feature author, poet, and Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts among other influential Americans.