Founded by Binnacle Books shopkeeper Mark Trecka, Beacon Prison Rides Project founder Laurie Dick, writer Kristen Holt-Browning, and Binnacle owners Kate Ryan and Annmarie Nye, the Prison Books Project has a singular goal: to provide free books to those behind bars.
The governor and two local DA candidates would like to further dismantle New York’s bail reform law. But there’s less evidence than ever of a link between the reform and an increase in crime.