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A local librarian is transforming a jail library and its readers

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Published February 7, 2024 at 7:52 AM EST
Brian Stokes, acting Library Director at Falmouth Public Library, returns the book “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” back onto the shelves at the library room at Barnstable County Correctional Facility. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Brian Stokes, acting Library Director at Falmouth Public Library, returns the book “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” back onto the shelves at the library room at Barnstable County Correctional Facility. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

There are avid readers at a jail on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. But their library fell into disarray during the pandemic when they lost their jail librarian.

WBUR’s Simón Rios tells us why a local librarian stepped in to revamp the shelves.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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