Freedom Reads empowers incarcerated people
Freedom Reads opened libraries at Valley State Prison and Central California Women's Facility, bringing books and beauty to the people inside.
Glimpses of Prison Life, Through TikTok and TV
The work of Freedom Reads is featured in episode six of Inside Story, exploring the everyday lives of those currently and formerly incarcerated.
Reginald Dwayne Betts and Titus Kaphar's 'Redaction'
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO and poet Reginald Dwayne Betts and artist Titus Kaphar discuss their book, Redaction, and the collision of art and poetry in the realm of mass incarceration in America.
11 new books to read right now.
Redaction, a book of poetry by Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts in collaboration with artist Titus Kaphar, was featured on Literary Hub’s books to read list.
New book 'Redaction' humanizes redacted lawsuits through portraits and poems
Artist Titus Kaphar and poet Reginald Dwayne Betts discuss their new, interactive art book, Redaction.
BIN Exclusive: Reginald Dwayne Betts Talks Power Of Literature
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses how the literature in Freedom Libraries can help the lives of those currently incarcerated.
Titus Kaphar and Dwayne Betts team up to turn art project into book
Michael Strahan chats with artist Titus Kaphar and poet and Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwyane Betts on their recent art book, Redaction.
At Rikers Island, New York's brutal jail, a kaleidoscope of suffering
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts reviews Rikers: An Oral History, which gives an account of the jail from the perspective of the incarcerated people, employees, and officials who live and work there.
“Felon” Solo Show, Related Events Highlight Need for Reading in Prisons
An overview of FELON: An American Washi Tale, a solo show by Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts, and the importance of books in prison.
An acclaimed CT poet was incarcerated as a teen. Now Reginald Dwyane Betts is helping those confined in a Connecticut youth prison to read
Freedom Reads opened three Freedom Libraries at the Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire, CT accompanied by Freedom Reads Founder Reginald Dwayne Betts’ spoken word performance of his acclaimed book, Felon.
A letter to a CT journalist helped set a prisoner free. The Prison Letters Project could benefit many more inmates.
Freedom Reads hosts the database for the Yale Law School Prison Letters Project which aims to read and respond to all letters received from incarcerated individuals.
6 New Books You Should Read This February
Redaction, a book of poetry created by Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts in collaboration with artist Titus Kaphar, was featured on Vulture’s books to read list.