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Inaugural inside literary prize empowers incarcerated readers
Aug 07 2024
At the inaugural Inside Literary Prize ceremony, held at the New York Public Library’s flagship location in Manhattan on August 1, authors and advocates reflected on the significance of the first major U.S. book award judged exclusively by incarcerated people. The jury for this year’s award comprised more than 200 incarcerated individuals and Departments of Corrections librarians from 12 prisons across six states: Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, and North Dakota.
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