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| Books to Prisoners supplies inmates with personalized book deliveries |
| By dailyillini.com - Reema Abi-Akar |
| Published: 04/04/2013 |
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A book can be the difference between knowledge and ignorance, between boredom and intrigue. A book can widen people’s awareness, spark curiosity and carry people out of their own reality and into another. Most importantly, books don’t discriminate. They open their pages to anyone willing to give them a chance. Urbana-Champaign’s Books to Prisoners program helps spread this insight and charm from their library in Urbana to jails and prisons around the state of Illinois. Since 2004, the nonprofit organization has been providing inmates with books donated from local community members, organizations, student groups and libraries. The Books to Prisoners office is in a colorful, cozy room located next to The Bike Project in the basement of downtown Urbana’s Independent Media Center. Read More. |
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