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Countering with literature what prison does to the spirit. Freedom begins with a book.
Hamden, CT
Joined November 2020
Freedom Reads' June Newsletter is here! 📬. Founder & CEO @dwaynebetts reflects on fatherhood & the Inside Literary Prize. Plus, meet Library Production Associate Michael Byrd in our new "Meet the Team" column. Read @
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Welcome to Season 2 of The Freedom Takes! 🎙️. In this episode, @dwaynebetts and Allie Salazar Gonzalez talk with Paul Harding about This Other Eden—a 2023 Booker Prize finalist. Listen now: ✨.#FreedomReads #InsideLiteraryPrize
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Season 2 of The Freedom Takes is here! . First up: Astrid Roemer joins us to talk On a Woman’s Madness, feminism, & the power of words. Her novel was longlisted for the 2025 Int’l Booker & translated by Lucy Scott. Listen now: #FreedomReads
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Season 2 of The Freedom Takes is here! @dwaynebetts & David Perez sit down with Justin Torres, author of Blackouts, winner of the 2023 National Book Award to talk rehumanization, storytelling & survival. Listen now @ #FreedomReads #InsideLiteraryPrize
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On July 4th, we reflect on freedom—who it has included, and who it’s left behind. At Freedom Reads, we build prison libraries because freedom begins with access: to books, to beauty, to dignity. #freedomreads #july4th #freedom
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Freedom Reads showed up at #ALA2025! . Grateful for powerful convos, book lovers, & connecting with our board member Dr. Carla Hayden — a true champion for books & freedom. 📚💬 . #FreedomReads #BooksChangeLives
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Today, we honor Juneteenth knowing emancipation was just the beginning. At Freedom Reads, we build prison libraries because freedom begins with access—to books, to beauty, to dignity. #Juneteenth #FreedomReads #BooksChangeLives
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This week, Freedom Reads brought the #InsideLiteraryPrize to Cheshire & York CIs in CT. Incarcerated readers are judging Chain-Gang All-Stars, This Other Eden, On a Woman’s Madness, & Blackouts—proving literature belongs to everyone. #Freedomreads #insideliteraryprize #2025
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Tuesday night, @dwaynebetts joined @imaniperry at @92ndstreety to talk Doggerel—a conversation on love, kindness & writing from joy. Watch it at ✨.#doggerel #poetry #joy #kindness #love
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📚 CT Public just spotlighted our libraries + the powerful work of carpenters like Jimmy Flynn—building shelves after 30 yrs inside. Each Freedom Library is a step toward dignity, beauty & freedom. 💛 . #FreedomReads
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Last week, Freedom Reads brought the #InsideLiteraryPrize to 3 prisons in Puerto Rico, where incarcerated readers judged 4 powerful books. Their votes help decide the 2025 winner, announced in July. đź“š. 478 Freedom Libraries. 12 states & territories. #freedomreads #PuertoRico
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RT @wnpr: Freedom Reads is a Connecticut-based nonprofit that delivers hand-crafted bookcases full of new books to prisons across the count….
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ICYMI: Freedom Reads opened 37 Freedom Libraries & brought #InsideLiteraryPrize 2025 to 2 New Jersey prisons this May 📚🎉. Read more in @PatchTweet ⬇️
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Freedom Reads' May Newsletter dropped today 📧. Freedom Reads Founder @dwaynebetts reflects on Freedom Library openings & a poetry reading inside Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. ➕ get updates on #InsideLiteraryPrize 2025 📚 📸 NJ Dept of Corrections
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This week, the Freedom Reads team brought the #InsideLiteraryPrize 2025 to California Institution for Men and Central California Women's Facility 📚. Learn more ⬇️
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RT @MorrisMinute: New Jersey Department of Corrections partners with Freedom Reads to open curated libraries and host the Inside Literary P….
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A big *thank you* to @YeOldBooks in Wenatchee, WA for spreading the word about Freedom Reads ✨. If you are a bookstore owner or librarian interested in supporting Freedom Reads, contact media@freedomreads.org and we'll send you a self-standing poster to display in your store!
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As of today, Freedom Reads has opened 478 Freedom Libraries in 48 adult and youth prisons in 12 states 💫. Learn more ⬇️ . 📸 New Jersey Department of Corrections.
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