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Freedom Library exhibit highlights Reginald Dwayne Betts' work bringing books inside prisons

After receiving a prison sentence at 16 for a carjacking, Betts is the founder of Freedom Reads, an organization that creates micro-libraries in prison.
Reginald Dwayne Betts (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

When Reginald Dwayne Betts was 16, he was sentenced to prison for committing a carjacking. He survived his sentence, he says, by reading.

Now a writer and lawyer, Betts is the founder of Freedom Reads, an organization

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