A book is a window to my imagination.
Freedom Reads aims to place millions of books into prisons, one 500-book Freedom Library at a time, opened in every prison dormitory and housing unit in the United States. The Freedom Library and our other literary initiatives support the efforts of people in prison to imagine new possibilities for their lives.
A: STATE, 1,000,000
C: YOUTH, 36,000
B: LOCAL, 500,000+
D: FEDERAL, 200,000+
SOURCE: PRISON POLICY INITIATIVE 2022
A: STATE, 1,000,000
C: YOUTH, 36,000
B: LOCAL, 500,000+
D: FEDERAL, 200,000+
SOURCE: PRISON POLICY INITIATIVE 2022
“Reading is the last line of
defense between the Wild West
and you. When you open a book,
you’re putting up a barrier
between what the world thinks
of you and who you really are. I
can’t emphasize it enough:
If you read, you are moving on
the path toward true freedom.
It doesn’t matter where you are.”