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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