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<p>Reginald Dwayne Betts spent more than eight years in prison. Today he's a Yale Law graduate, a MacArthur Fellow, and a poet. His nonprofit works to build libraries in prisons so that more incarcerated people can find hope.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.dwaynebetts.com/bio">Reginald Dwayne Betts</a>, founder and director of Freedom Reads, award-winning poet, and lawyer.</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3F8iLhT"><i>Doggerel: Poems</i></a><i>, </i>by Reginald Dwayne Betts (2025).</li><li>“<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/15/the-poet-writing-on-prison-underwear">The Poet Writing on Prison Underwear</a>,” by Adam Iscoe (<i>The New Yorker, </i>2023).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3YFT1PD"><i>The Voltage Effect</i></a><i>, </i>by John List (2022).</li><li>“<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/04/vincent-lamont-martin-parole-celebrate/">If We Tru...