BOULDER — Behind the fences and walls at Riverside Women's Correctional Facility in Boulder, the holiday spirit looks a little different.

Incarcerated women are opening books instead of presents and reading them aloud so their children can hear their voices at Christmas.

Watch: Incarcerated parents give the gift of recorded reading for the holidays Incarcerated Montana parents give the gift of recorded reading for the holidays

“I think that is going to be their Christmas miracle,” Brandi Clarke, who is a resident at Riverside, said. “It is definitely going to be mine.”

With support from the Preschool Development Birth to Five grant, the state library is collaborating with the Montana Department of Corrections for a holiday literacy-based family connection initiative.

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