Book Club for Inmates
$225,930.00 CAD
≈ 3 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- Public Safety Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2019-2020
- Agreement period
- March 24, 2020 – March 31, 2025
- Reference
- ps-sp:214-2020-2021-Q1-0004
Published purpose
The Book Clubs for Inmates (BCFI) is a national organization with 36 book clubs in penitentiaries, healing lodges and transitional housing across Canada that are run by approximately 130 volunteers. BCFI organizes and administers volunteer-led book clubs which help inmates develop empathy, listening skills, and self-awareness. The skills acquired by book club participants improve their chances of a successful reintegration into society. BCFI’s target population is incarcerated men and women, their children, and paroled individuals.
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