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Brazil's new Redemption Through Reading program allows inmates in four federal prisons to knock up to 48 days a year off their sentences by reading books and writing book reports. News by Kimberly Turner Via Reuters Four overcrowded federal prisons in Brazil are offering an interesting option to select prisoners: Read and write essays on works of literature, philosophy, and science to reduce their sentences by four days for every book completed.
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Some of Brazil’s most hardened convicts now have a choice when it comes to finding ways to reduce their sentences: literature, philosophy, science or the classics. In a plan to ease prison overcrowding announced by the Brazilian gov... Read Post

Brazilian prisoners are now able to shorten their sentences by reading books and writing essays about them. …four days less for every book they read.  Inmates in four federal prisons holding some of Brazil’s most notorious criminals... Read Post

As part of a new rehabilitation initiative entitled "Redemption through Reading," four federal prisons in Brazil will allow inmate to shave up to 48 days per year off their sentence in exchange for reading books. More » Read Post