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Rep. Brown Supports Reintroducing the Prison Libraries Act
The bill proposes $60 million in grants over six years to improve library services in about 500 state and territory prisons, aiming to reduce recidivism through literacy and vocational programs.
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“An Attempt to Shift This Dynamic”—House Revives Prison Libraries Act
On January 27 lawmakers reintroduced the Prison Libraries Act, the first federal bill to establish and expand library services within state and territory correctional facilities. It’s a significant piece of legislation with a potentially outsized effect, and perhaps a missed opportunity at the heart of its mission. If enacted, over the next six years H2825 would appropriate $60 million from the Department of Justice for a new grant program fundi…
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