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\"A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men's prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them--Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran. On sabbatical from teaching literature to undergraduates, and wanting to educate a different kind of student, Mikita Brottman starts a book club with a group of convicts from the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland. She assigns them ten dark, challenging classics--including Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Poe's story \"The Black Cat,\" and Nabokov's Lolita--books that don't flinch from evoking the isolation of the human struggle, the pain of conflict, and the cost of transgression. Although Brottman is already familiar with these works, the convicts open them up in completely new ways. Their discussions may \"only\" be about literature, but for the prisoners, everything is at stake. Gradually, the inmates open up about their lives and families, their disastrous choices, their guilt and loss. Brottman also discovers that life in prison, while monotonous, is never without incident. The book club members struggle with their assigned reading through solitary confinement; on lockdown; in between factory shifts; in the hospital; and in the middle of the chaos of blasting televisions, incessant chatter, and the constant banging of metal doors. Though The Maximum Security Book Club never loses sight of the moral issues raised in the selected reading, it refuses to back away from the unexpected insights offered by the company of these complex, difficult men. It is a compelling, thoughtful analysis of literature--and prison life--like nothing you've ever read before\"-- Provided by publisher.

As part of our mission to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all library patrons, our profession needs to come to terms with the consequences of mass incarceration, which have saturated the everyday lives of people in the United States and heavily impacts Black, Indigenous, and people of color; LGBTQ people; and people who are.

\"A practical resource for teachers, librarians, administrators, and community stakeholders who work with incarcerated youth and adults. This book includes examples of literacy practices that have been successfully used with those incarcerated around the nation, including creating graphic novels, starting book clubs, writing about gang life, having reading buddies, reading urban literature, developing a writing workshop, [and] establishing a school library\"-- Provided by publisher.

This paper discussed the state of prison libraries and its services to the prison inmates in Nigeria. It takes a look at the collaboration of Nigerian Prisons Service with National Open University Nigeria (NOUN) and the NGOs. Problems that hinder the development of prison library services in Nigeria such as inadequate funding and space, difficulties in accessing information materials, and poor infrastructure, and poor collection management and management of prison by non-professionals, among others were examined. The roles of prison libraries in integrating the prison inmates back to society were also discussed. It was however recommended, in order to improve the library services in Nigerian prison that there is a need for proper funding of Nigerian prison libraries by government, while the body should also partner with Non-government organisations (NGOs), and improve on collection development policies. Provision of easy access to all the information materials available was also stressed along with management of prison library by librarians as parts of the solutions to various problems confronting libraries used by inmates in their struggle for survival, reconstruction, corrections, and final reintegration into Nigerian society.

Prison libraries open a window to the world. Initiatives in close cooperation with organizations outside the prison form a bridge to culture, providing events for detainees that, figuratively speaking, take them beyond the prison walls. This essay examines prison library reading groups, initiatives, and activities that may contribute to detainees’ pulling through the period spent in prison and shaping their personalities. We examine bibliotherapy and its advantages. Providing prison library services to detainees can be a powerful experience for detainees serving their sentences, and the far-reaching and lasting effects of reading are unquestionable. The popularity of the programmes is unbroken. In addition to the detainees’ getting out of the cells and establishing social bonds, these programmes typically improve the detainee’s general mood, reduce their anxiety, and improve their communication and emotional expression skills. In the second part of the article, we collect exciting and unique initiatives from all over the world. The presented cases clearly show that the provision of various reading therapies and cultural and educational activities for detainees can contribute to making prison sentences more tolerable. Collecting innovative experiences and creative solutions is helpful because these initiatives can even serve as models for other countries.

Prisons serve as a place where criminal behaviors are suppressed. The need for these set of individuals to gather skills which help them remain positive right in the four walls of the prison yard and after serving their jail terms cannot be overemphasized. It is for this reason that the team set out to develop a programme aimed at inculcating literacy and creative writing skills that will help them participate more effectively when they finish their jail term. The aim of the study was to explore the importance and contributions of library resources and services to the lives of prison inmates and an attempt by the team to take this to a higher level. The study also reports an ongoing project in Nsukka Prisons, Enugu State, Nigeria. The design used to elicit information about the effect of the programme was survey. The population of the study was 365 with a sample size of two groups of 15 inmates each totaling 30. The research methods used was observation and focus group discussion. The results showed an improved level of literacy, creative and comic writing skills of the participants. It was therefore recommended that literacy activities should be encouraged among inmates to equip them with skills which will enable them become independent learners and better individuals in the society.

The study aims at identifying the information needs of women in South-South Prison, Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. The census sampling technique was adopted for this study. Four objectives were set for the study and the interview was used to elicit information from respondents. Findings showed that Akwa-Ibom Prison topped the highest (21%) of the women in South-South Prison, followed by Cross River Prison (19%), Delta Prison (18%), Edo Prison/Rivers Prison (17%) and Bayelsa Prison (8%). Findings also reveal that the information needs of prisoner's women covered medical information (98%), education/security information (97%), life after prison/spiritual and moral (86%), financial (84%), family/friends (82%), legal issues (72%) among others. (70%) found the libraries condition in adequate. The study reveal that (73%) counselling topped the highest way of meeting information needs of women in prison. Factors affecting information needs of women in prisoners include, congestion/lack of hygiene / poor funding (96%), lack of medication / health care (91%), lack of security (89%), lack of accommodation after released (78%), lack of time to interact with family/ friends (77%), sexual abuse/excessive prolonged use and pre-trial detention (75%), lack of training/lack of special treatment for women (66%), mental health problem (61%), illegal activities (55%) among others.

Der Beitrag gibt Einblick in die Bibliotheksarbeit im Justizvollzug in Deutschland auf verschiedenen Ebenen: von örtlichen Best-Praxis-Beispielen (z. B. in Berlin, Bremen, Dortmund, Würzburg) über regionale Erfahrungen – schwerpunktmäßig aus langjähriger Praxiserfahrung in Nordrhein-Westfalen und hier mit der Besonderheit der ehemaligen Gefangenenbücherei Münster, die mit dem nationalen Bibliothekspreis als Deutschlands „Bibliothek des Jahres 2007“ ausgezeichnet worden ist – über bundesweite Themen bis zu gewachsener Internationalität auf der Basis langjähriger Integration in die bibliothekarische Fachöffentlichkeit. Dabei wird sowohl auf grundlegende Themen wie Geschichte und Gesetzesgrundlage der Gefangenenbüchereien eingegangen als auch von Praxiserfahrungen auf verschiedenen Zuständigkeitsebenen aus dem vielfältigen Aufgabenspektrum berichtet wie z. B. Bestandsaufbau, Datenverarbeitung, Raumgestaltung, Veranstaltungen, Kooperation mit Stadtbibliotheken. Der Blick in die Zukunft skizziert den Sachstand und die Herausforderung der Digitalisierung für die Entwicklung von Gefangenenbüchereien. Schließlich hält der Traum des Verfassers vom Bücherbaum auf der Gefängnismauer, der international Resonanz gefunden hat, die Vision von Dialog und Toleranz über trennende Mauern hinweg wach und lädt ein, ihn zu teilen.

This qualitative study extends our earlier research on what we have learned about the information needs of Malaysian male juvenile offenders. This study explores the extent to which the prison library is used as the environment for information seeking of male juvenile delinquents. Data were collected using participants' observation with 27 juveniles (13 to 21 years old) living in five correctional schools in Malaysia. Our observation at all research sites has led us to conclude that the prison library does not play much role in addressing the participants’ information needs. The findings in this research are useful for the purpose of designing and delivering the best possible library services to this group. findings add to the limited literature on juvenile offenders’ information needs and how the prison libraries meet the needs of this people.

È ampiamente riconosciuto che le bibliteche giocano un ruolo positivo e importante nella vita dei prigionieri, così come con altre persone. Le biblioteche non forniscono solo risorse per il supporto dei vari programmi educazionali, ricreativi e di assistenza sociale, ma creano anche opportunità per i prigionieri di acquisire nuove competenze di cui possono aver bisogno una volta lasciata la prigione. Secondo il Ministro della Giustizia e dei Diritti Umani dell'Indonesia, a partire dal 2013, ci sono 4.622 bambini in 16 diverse prigioni indonesiane. Tali statistiche mostrano come ci sia un grande bisogno all'interno di queste prigioni di biblioteche fornite e con buon personale, al fine di supportare i bisogni educazionali, ricreazionali e psicologici dei bambini imprigionati.Lo scopo di questo studio consiste nell'esaminare i bisogni pratici, sociali, ricreazionali, educazionali, psicologici e spirituali dei giovani detenuti in merito all'uso delle collezioni, attrezzature e servizi della Tangerang Juvenile Detention Center Library (JDC) e della Salemba Detention Center Library. [Testo dell'editore].It is widely acknowledged that libraries play a positive and important role in the lives of prisoners, just as they do with other people. They do not only provide resources to support various educational, recreational and welfare programs, but they also create opportunities for prisoners to acquire new skills, skills that they may need once they leave prison. In addition, prison libraries also help address various psychological issues, attitude problems, as well as other difficulties in coping with prison life. According to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia, as of 2013, there are 4,622 children in 16 different prisons in Indonesia.Such statistics show that there is a great need for well-resourced and well-staffed libraries inside these prisons in order to support the educational, recreational, and psychological needs of imprisoned children. It is evident that the existence of prison libraries and its library collections, facilities, as well as other services could serve as effective rehabilitation for the prisoners and the detainees – to help them develop awareness of their own actions, as well as associated risks and consequences. The purpose of this study is to examine the practical, social, recreational, educational, psychological, and spiritual needs of detained juvenile delinquents in regards to using the collections, facilities and services at the Tangerang Juvenile Detention Center Library and the Salemba Detention Center Library.This study is based on informational interviews conducted with the Head Librarians at the Tangerang Juvenile Detention Center Library (JDC) and the Salemba Detention Center Library. During these interviews, various problems and challenges related to ethics, professionalism, and other professional issues associated to working as a prison librarian, were discussed. Other issues related to staffing, organizational structure, facilities and the resource situation of the Tangerang Juvenile Detention Center Library and the Salemba Detention Center Library were also addressed. [Publisher's Text].