Banged up in Brazil? Better break out the books…

A Brazilian prison is reducing sentences for inmates who read more books.

A Brazilian prison is reducing sentences for inmates who read more books.

A new government scheme - dubbed Redemption Through Reading - will enable some of the South American country's most notorious criminals to get out of jail up to 48 days early, with four days shaved off a sentence per book read.

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