President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca this morning visited prisoners at the YOURS section in Mtahleb and donated more than 250 books, given by Midsea Books, Miller, Sierra and Merlin Library.
After meeting the 20 young prisoners, President Colerio Preca said that when she visited the section a year ago she had been disappointed at the lack of rehabilitation programmes for young people.
These people were now being given all the necessary help to reintegrate in society.
President Coleiro Preca said reading was one way of acknowledging tolerance and respect which the people should have towards one another.
Through such tolerance, there would be respect for diversity which leads to peace in Maltese society.
Publishers Midsea Books also presented each prisoner with a Guże Aquilina dictionary.