Correctional Library Resources

• Prisoners and Law Libraries
  • Legal Information to Prisoners (Annotated Bibliography)
  • Meaningful Access to the Courts and Law Libraries (Bibliography )

• Correctional Librarianship Texts
  • Clark/ MacCreaigh – Library Services to the Incarcerated
  • Conrad – Prison Librarianship: Policy and Practice
  • Coyle — Libraries in Prisons: A Blending of Institutions
  • Mongelli – CONSentrating On The Law: A Program of Self-Directed Legal Research for Prison CourseGivers
  • Rubin/Suvak – Libraries Inside: A Practical Guide for Prison Librarians
  • Vogel – The Prison Library Primer

• Prisoner Literacy Advocacy
  • ALA Resolution on Prisoners’ Right to Read
  • Jail Library Group
  • Books2Prisoners
  • Literacy For Incarcerated Teens
  • Prison Library Project
  • FBOP / Correctional Education

• Correctional Library Programming
  • Boston University Prison Education Program
  • Blinn — “Teaching Cognitive Skills to Effect Behavioral Change Through a Writing Program”
  • Scott — “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?” The Library’s Responsibility to Imprisoned Youth
  • “Inmates Find Purpose in the World of Tolkien”
  • Jordett — “The Prison Library as Pro-Social Institution”
  • Mongelli — “Hobbits in the Hoosegow: Teaching Tolkienian Morality Behind the Wall”

• Correctional Librarianship Sites
  • ALA:  Search Results for prison libraries
  • Mongelli — ‘JAILFIRE: A Passion for Prison Libraries”
  • Prison Librarian
  • Lilienthal — “Prisons and Libraries: Public Service Inside & Out”
  • West — Librarian.net: More About Prison Librarians
  • IFLA — “Guidelines for Library Services to Prisoners”
  • Prison Librarianship Clearinghouse
  • Wiki – Services For The Imprisoned

   

• Correctional Organizations
  • ALA – Libraries Serving Special Populations Section
  • ALA – Student Chapter (SJSU)
  • American Correctional Association
  • CA Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation
  • Correctional Educational Association
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons

• Correctional Librarianship Directories and Other Resources
  • Directory of State Prison Librarians
  • Corrections Connection
  • Correctional Library Resources, CDE
  • Prisoners’ Right to Read: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights

• Articles on Correctional Librarianship Internships
  • Sample — “The Great Escape”
  • Mark — “Libraries Without Walls: An Internship at Oshkosh Correctional Institution Library” (ABSTRACT)
  • Mongelli — “Of Giraffes, School Buses, and Prison Librarianship: Or, ‘Why did you move hundreds of miles away to buy a car, Bill?’