>> The Link: Open Door Books makes the case for prison literacy 

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 06:12 AM

[From the Literary Arts section of the November 4, 2008 edition of The Link]

Reading a book, any book, can be a good way to pass seven hours on a plane, or seven minutes on the way to the next metro stop. It can also be a good way to keep sane during a seven-year prison sentence. But what if the prison library is closed for six months of the year? That’s three and a half years in solitary confinement with only your thoughts.

Open Door Books, an organization partnered with the Quebec Public Interest Research Group of Concordia, has made it their mission to put books in the hands of prisoners. Because if their wardens won’t, who will?

Read the full article HERE