Some prison libraries are able to acquire newer titles and broaden their selections; others are stocked mostly with out-of-date and damaged books. But most important, he said, readers in the outside ...

JOEY: BEHIND PRISON WALLS, THEER AREN’T MANY PLACES THAT FEEL LIKE A SAFE HAVEN. >> THAT’S HOW YOU GET OUT OF PRISON FOR THE DAY, BY PICKING UP A BOOK AND READING. JOEY: BUT FOR SCOTT SMITHO, SERVED A ...

KINGSTON TWP. – A librarian assistant at the State Correctional Institution at Chase in Jackson Township was charged Thursday with having a sexual relationship with an inmate. Ann M. Carroll, 42, of ...

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In prison, there are two things to do for healthy recreation: pump iron or read. As a result, the library at Eastern New York Correctional Facility is filled with enormous men looking for books. They ...

Poets Reginald Dwayne Betts and Randall Horton both discovered the transformative power of literature while incarcerated, and both have dedicated their lives since their release to bringing that power ...

In this captivating memoir, Steinberg, a Harvard grad and struggling obituary writer, spends two years as a librarian and writing instructor at a Boston prison that's an irrepressibly literary place.

Boxes upon boxes full of books will soon be heading to prison libraries across New Mexico, thanks to a book drive that was hosted from Dec. 4 to Dec. 22 by the ACLU of New Mexico. This was the second ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — The convicted ...