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West Philly nonprofit combats recidivism rates with literature

Image of Books Through Bars workspace, which includes bookshelves with rows of books like the one pictured here

Incarcerated individuals often have little to read, and the range of books provided to them tends to be narrow, due to under-funded prison libraries and censorship. The aim of Books Through Bars is to counteract the status quo of prison libraries by making reading more accessible to those incarcerated across Pennsylvania and beyond.

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