An Inside Scoop: Reading, Writing And Journalism For People In The D.C. Jail

When the pandemic began, Free Minds Book Club pivoted from in-person book groups to online ones.

How has reading and writing impacted people who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated? We talk with members of Free Minds Book Club and D.C. Books to Prisons about how reading and writing can impact people in the criminal justice system.

Plus, our panel will take writing and reporting questions from the journalists behind Inside Scoop, the monthly newspaper published by people incarcerated in the D.C. jail. And we’ll hear what it’s like writing for the paper.

Read the full article as it originally appeared at The Kojo Nnamdi Show