In many prisons, the most up-to-date device approved for ordinary inmate use is the payphone
The Radical Power of a Prison Pen Pal
The Radical Power of a Prison Pen Pal
Some people are sketched out by corresponding with inmates; this article gives some excellent arguments about the difference it can make.
Prison inmates learn to code at San Quentin
jailbreaking prison music
Via Quora
Prisons: What is it like to be exposed to new technology after a 20+ year prison sentence?
So much has changed in consumer technology in the last 20 years. Everything from the internet, mobile technology, ways we access information – what is it like to use something like an iPad after being released from a 20+ year prison sentence?
Knitting Behind Bars
Via metafilter: “Two retired women, Lyn Zwerling and Sheila Rovelstad, have initiated and implemented a program called Knitting Behind Bars at a prison in Maryland.”
ALA: Books Behind Bars Pathfinder
The American Library Association (ALA) has a pathfinder for librarians and library science students interested in prison librarianship. It has a number of great resources for librarians such as books and articles. It also has more specialized materials about collection development, professional development, and collections for juvenile populations. This pathfinder is a great place to start doing research about the field of prison librarianship.
http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/content/olos/incarcerated.pathfin.pdf
“Institutional Library Services – Where Positive Change Takes Place”
Elizabeth Jahnke, Laura Sherbo, Cathy Johnson Fusare, PLNA Quarterly (2006, vol. 71, no. 1)
“May It Please the Court: Law Students and Legal Research Instruction in Prison Law Libraries”
Emily Shepard Smith, Legal Reference Sources Quarterly (2010, vol. 29, issue 4)
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