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Lee Child backs launch of reading scheme to send prisons half a million books
Source: The Guardian · Published
<p>The Jack Reacher author, the UK’s first prison reading laureate, said drive to improve literacy skills was a practical way to address reoffending and support rehabilitation</p><p>Nearly half a…
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