In the Media

Highlights of Freedom Reads and its work in the media.

If we truly believe in redemption and second chances, parole should be celebrated
The Washington Post by Reginald Dwayne Betts April 4, 2021

Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts writes about the importance of parole and second chances.

In his journey from jail to Yale Law, felon-turned-poet writes 'to remember who I am'
Star Tribune by Rohan Preston March 6, 2021

Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts speaks to his journey through incarceration, poetry, and the Million Book Project, now Freedom Reads.

Sen. Winfield Previews Legislative Session; Poetry and Prison Reform with Dwayne Betts
Disrupted by Catie Talarski, Daniela Luna, Khalilah Brown-Dean January 6, 2021

Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts shares his story and how he is working to get more books into prisons across the country.