Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons

Jane Garner is a lecturer and researcher with the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Her research interests include the role of libraries, books and reading in the lives of underserved and disadvantaged communities, including people living in prisons and people experiencing homelessness. She is a member of the International Federation of Library Associations' Section on Library Services to People with Special Needs.

• Introduction; Jane GarnerPart 1. Library programs and servicesChapter 1. Exploring the rehabilitative role of the prison library: addressing sensitive information needs via cultural activities; Cheryl Canning and Steven BuchananChapter 2. Expanding library service in jails and prisons through hip hop. Meditation, and creativity; Kim McNeil Capers, Jill Anderson, and Nili NessPart 2. Prison libraries and literacy learningChapter 3. Libraries Tasmania Prison Library Literacy Service: practitioner reflection; Iona JohnsonChapter 4. Power to the people: public libraries using critical information literacy pedagogy in prisons; Emilie HancockPart 3. CensorshipChapter 5. Collaboration among prison libraries, public, and academic libraries and the impact of censorship; Dale Monobe, Bobbie Bushman, and Sarah McCallChapter 6. Books behind bars: cases of censorship in two South Mississippi prisons; Jennifer Elaine SteelePart 4. Prison libraries around the worldChapter 7. Prison librarianship and prisoner education: a case study from Northern Ireland; Jayne Finlay and Jessica BatesChapter 8. Exploring juvenile justice facility library provision in Australia and South Carolina, USA; Jane GarnerChapter 9. Reading behind bars: results of a study into reading interests and library use of prisoners in Croatian correctional facilities; Meri Bajić, Martina Dragija Ivanović, and Sanjica Faletar TanackovićChapter 10. Experiencing prison libraries in Sri Lanka: drawbacks and potential; Padma BandaranayakeChapter 11. Books open worlds for people behind bars: Library Services in Germany’s prisons ranging from local best practice examples and regional experiences in North Rhine-Westphalia to steadily growing internationality; Gerhard PeschersPart 5. Future views for prison librariesChapter 12. Mandatory minimums: staffing correctional libraries; Erin Boyington and Renee BarnesChapter 13. Patron-centered services: disrupting the narrative of reformation and reading American jails and prisons; Jeanie Austin and Emily JacobsonPart 6. Voices from the insideChapter 14. Normalisation in the prison library; Tina Malén HansenChapter 15. Escaping into the prison library; Damien LinnaneChapter 16. “What a difference it made to my life”: an interview with an Australian prison library user; Anonymous