After disruption, nonprofits will be able to send books to Tennessee prisoners again

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After disruption, nonprofits will be able to send books to Tennessee prisoners again

Prisoners in Tennessee will soon be able to receive free books again. Last year, the Tennessee Department of Correction made it impossible for books-to-prisons nonprofits to mail books to prisoners in Tennessee. WPLN News reported on the issue in January. Now, one books-to-prisons program says it’s worked out a system with the corrections department that will allow it to resume sending books. Lydia Welker helps lead the West Virginia-based Appal…