A smuggled book changed his life. Now he’s built 500 prison libraries.
- Posted on October 24, 2025
- By Washington Post
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A smuggled book changed his life. Now he’s built 500 prison libraries.
Reginald Dwayne Betts was locked up as a teenager for carjacking. Books were his escape, and he went on to be a poet, lawyer and founder of Freedom Reads.
