Books Have the Power to Rehabilitate. But Prisons Are Blocking Access to Them.

Behind the walls of California State Prison, Sacramento, six inmates gather in the library for their weekly short-story club. The librarian introduces the day’s pick, Doris Lessing’s A Sunrise on the Veld, and the men take turns reading it aloud. Some of them lean forward in their chairs as they listen; one traces the words … Continue reading Books Have the Power to Rehabilitate. But Prisons Are Blocking Access to Them.