Reading isn’t a crime, but the state of prison libraries is a punishment

Dylan Jeffrey is an avid reader incarcerated in New Mexico. Once a week, only 10 incarcerated people are able to visit the prison library, a closet-sized collection of books that tend to be outdated and cliched. 

“How insane is that?” he asked when interviewed by my organization, PEN America.

He is not alone in his frustration over access to books and other reading materials.

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