The Prairie Landscape

Stateville Book Club

Grant Details


Grantee
John Howard Association

Where
300 W Adams Ste 423, Chicago, Illinois 60606-5119

Award
$7,500
A book club for prisoners at the maximum security prison of Stateville who are serving actual or de facto life sentences. According to the proposal, prisoners at Stateville that are serving this type of sentences do not have access to any educational or job training programs and in essence are permanently "warehoused". The book club will meet twice a month for two and a half hours, from September to May.



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