UNC alum Leigh Lassiter still remembers seeing a flyer for the Prison Books Collective on campus back in 2015. A few years later, Lassiter decided to reach out to the collective, and for the past five ...

Cherish Burtson remembers when books were her only escape. She was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, Calif. "And I went through so many books; I think that's the only thing ...

"I am very thankful for your program and organization doing this for us in our darkest time when everyone else has given up on us," Jaime, an individual incarcerated near Gainesville wrote. Little ...

Volunteer Joyce Tanner selects books at the Prison Book Program in Quincy, Mass. It’s challenging for incarcerated people to access reading materials. In some prisons, libraries are not reliably open ...

Several states, including Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee, have barred groups from sending free books to prisoners, citing fears of contraband. Advocates say that is not a cause for concern. For over ...

The book offers alternatives to incarceration and proposes changes to prison operations based on Pitzer's decades of ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections is cracking down on contraband with an emergency rule only allowing published ...

He coached KU's program to conference championships. His life changed, however, when he landed in prison decades later.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A local author's book is on the brink of being banned permanently across prisons in Florida. "Corrections in Ink" is a memoir of a woman who carved out a new life for herself ...

Uzbekistan has approved a law that allows prisoners to reduce their jail sentences by up to 30 days per year, by reading ...