In Washington, D.C., the Free Minds Book Club positions the activities as mechanisms through which incarcerated people can express themselves in healthy and constructive ways. As Jeffrey Brown reports, inmates who participate in the organization have a much lower recidivism rate than the national average.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the Free Minds family hard. Our members responded with their characteristic resilience and grit.

In recent weeks, we've been deeply moved by the ways that our members and our community have been uplifting each other. Our member-led Planning Committee immediately pivoted to being a COVID-19 Response Team, that now meets weekly and checks in…