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Book club for inmates wins award

A program out of the Nanaimo Harbourfront library has received international recognition from the American Library Association.
Jennifer Seper says she got the idea to start a book club at the Nanaimo Correctional Centre about a year ago and it’s been very successful.
She says her research shows there’s a number of benefits for the inmates…..
Seper says statistics show the vast majority of those who are in prison struggle with literacy and those that increase their literacy rates while serving time have a better chance of moving away from criminal behavior.
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