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When prison libraries break down walls

To many, AG Smith is the Librarian – the creative force behind ghostly storytelling project Weeping Bank. But the author, who in 2020 and 2022 spoke to Big Issue about Paperchains, a creative project through which prisoners shared their experiences of lockdowns, also works in prison libraries across the UK.

That began when Smith was working for a landscaping

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