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Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons: International Perspectives
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(2021), "Index", Garner, J. (Ed.) Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons: International Perspectives (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 49), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 325-334. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020210000049020
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INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.
Academic libraries, 105–106 (see also Correctional libraries)
public/academic libraries
, 110
standards
, 268
Adult basic education programmes
, 68
Adult literacy in prison
, 61, 71
in Australia
, 71–75
prison literacy service
, 78–80
prison literacy service work towards engaging disengaged learners
, 75–78
Age of criminal responsibility
, 158, 164
American Association of Law Librarians
, 111
American Correctional Association (ACA)
, 266, 271
American Library Association (ALA)
, 4, 86, 105, 106, 120, 268
American Prison Data Systems
, 109
American Psychiatric Association
, 209
Andragogy
, 76
Anger management
, 55
Anxiety
, 22
ANZAC Day
, 168
Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
, 264
Artistic endeavours
, 20
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
, 42
Australia
adult literacy look like in
, 71–80
juvenile justice in
, 163–164
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
, 62
Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF)
, 73
Australian juvenile justice library service provision
, 164–165
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
, 2, 271
Australian prison libraries
, 6
Australian youth justice system
, 164
Bastøy prison
, 313
BibliothecaPlus software
, 240
Bibliotherapy
, 209, 295
bibliotherapeutic reading groups
, 12
prejudiced philosophy of
, 308
Big House Books (BHB)
, 120
SMCI vs.
, 122–127
Biographies
, 64–65, 167, 174, 190, 196
Books
book-based literacy
, 91
in residential units
, 168
Budget
, 176
marginal
, 244
for programs
, 48
Business-oriented topics
, 55
Calming effect on prisoners
, 29
Carceral contexts
, 303–308
Carceral settings
PLW using CILP in
, 94–95
prospective examples of PLW using CILP in
, 95–98
social and historical justifications for PLW using CILP in
, 92–94
Censorship
ALA
, 105
in American prisons
, 3
BHB vs. SMCI
, 122–127
communicate with all within correctional facility
, 113
establish and develop relationships with stakeholders
, 112–113
HRDC
, 120–121
HRDC vs. Forrest County Jail
, 127–129
initiate and continue collaboration
, 110
initiating and maintaining collaborative library project
, 117
knowledge of censorship and collection development restrictions
, 110–112
limitations and future research
, 130
literature review
, 121–122
methods
, 122
negotiation needed to agree on terms of collaboration and public relations
, 113–114
online access to information
, 109
prison censorship and collection development
, 107–109
prisoners’ right to read
, 106–107
in prisons
, 122
in South Mississippi prisons
, 129–130
specific censorship restrictions of correctional facility
, 113
successful collaboration between correctional facilities and organizations
, 112
Centennial Correctional Facility (CCF)
, 267
Changing Lives Through Literature programme (CLTL programme)
, 24
Cheney’s library
, 161
Children’s prison libraries
, 159
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
, 209
Collaborative library project, initiating and maintaining
, 117
Collateral consequences
, 67
Collection development restrictions in correctional facilities
, 110–112
Collection management
, 166–167
Collection policy
, 174–175
Colorado Correctional Center (CCC)
, 277
Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC)
, 262
work task analysis from
, 272–274
Colorado Library Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions (CLSACI)
, 269
1989 standards
, 269–270
Colorado State Library (CSL)
, 262
mandatory minimums for library staffing
, 288
training and retention strategies
, 286–288
Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP)
, 275
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility (CTCF)
, 264
Community partnerships
, 51
Community volunteers
, 63
Compound negative feelings
, 12
Conscientization
, 87–90
Consumption
, 92
Contextualised learning
, 76
Correctional culture
, 266
Correctional education
, 68, 205
Correctional facilities
, 39–40
knowledge of censorship and collection development restrictions in
, 110–112
successful collaboration between correctional facilities and other organizations
, 112
Correctional librarians
, 112
Correctional libraries
, 263
current library staff attitudes
, 284–285
negative separations
, 280–281
neutral separations
, 280
positive separations
, 280
service models
, 274–275
staff retention data
, 279
staff’s pay comparison
, 282–284
turnover and promotion rates
, 281–282
vocational awe
, 285–286
Correctional Officers (COs)
, 299
Correctional Outreach
, 41–42
Correctional standards
, 269–271
Correctional Support Trades Supervisor (CSTS)
, 265
Correctional-facility censorship
, 106
Corrections, culture of
, 263–265
Council of Europe
, 136
Count schedule
, 52
Covert observation of participants
, 163
COVID-19 pandemic
, 53, 216, 276, 278, 289
Creative Outlet
programs
, 43
series
, 42, 54–55
Creative workshops
, 24
Creative-oriented topics
, 55
Crime fiction
, 64
Crimes Act 1914
, 158
Critical information literacy
, 90–92
Critical information literacy pedagogy (CILP)
, 3, 87
critical information literacy
, 90–92
literature review
, 87
PLW using CILP in carceral settings
, 94–95
prospective examples of PLW using CILP in carceral settings
, 95–98
public libraries in US
, 86
review of Paulo Freire’s concept of conscientization
, 87–90
social and historical justifications for PLW using CILP in carceral settings
, 92–94
Critical librarianship
, 64–65
Croatia
prison libraries in
, 186–187
prisoners
, 185
prisons in
, 185–186
Croatian authors
, 200
Croatian Reading Association
, 187
Cultural activity
, 2, 12, 32
in prison context
, 20–26
Cultural role
, 32
of prison library
, 30–31
Cultural space
, 13, 30, 33
Data collection methods
, 21
Democratic Tradition Theory
, 93
Deposit collection model
, 274, 279
Desistance
, 69, 147, 150, 203–204
from crime
, 138, 203–204
theory
, 306
Digitalization in prison
, 249–252
Diversity workshop
, 140, 148
Divided society, library services in
, 147–149
Domesticity
, 93
Driver education
, 55
Dual loyalty concept
, 304
Edovo
, 109
Education
, 69
libraries role in education provision
, 167–168
in prison support individual change and rehabilitation
, 67–70
program in South Carolina
, 171
role of prison library
, 28–29, 32
Educators
, 75, 86, 89, 90
Emotional literacy
, 29
European Prison Rules
, 26, 28–29, 230, 270
Ex-prisoners on prison libraries
, 214
Exceptional Service Award
, 42
Exceptionalism
, 300–303
Explicit phonics-based instruction
, 74
Federal Juvenile Detention Act
, 239
Federal Penal Code
, 239
Feminine emotions
, 16
Fictional character
, 23
Finance
, 55
‘Fine Cell Work’ needlework programme
, 21
First Amendment rights
, 120
Follow-up information
, 31
Förderverein Gefangenenbüchereien e.V.
, 243–245
Formal rehabilitative interventions
, 12
Forrest County Jail, HRDC vs.
, 127–129
Freedom to access information
, 64, 120
Freedom to read
, 120
Fremont Correctional Facility (FCF)
, 279
Full time equivalent (FTE)
, 268
Geese Theatre Company
, 23
Gender
, 95
General Educational Development/Diploma (GED)
, 106, 171
German Library Association
, 231
Germany, prison library services in
, 231–237
Great Depression
, 87
Grown internationality
, 245–249
Hamburg Correctional Facility
, 236
Hard-to-reach prisoners
, 12
Hip Hop
, 43
Coordinator
, 40
hip-hop-focused program
, 40
Hochdrei workshop
, 241
Horten prison
, 313
Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC)
, 120
Forrest County Jail vs.
, 127–129
Humanitarianism
, 94
Hybrid approach
, 142, 275
Hydebank
, 139, 142, 146
Idealization in jail
, 292–295
Illinois Newsroom
, 121
Imaginative capital
, 23
Imaginative capital development
, 23
Imprisonment
, 12
Improv classes
, 44
In-depth case study approach
, 5, 121
Incarcerated populations
, 163
Individual factors
, 69
Individual level in prison
, 108
Inferior emotions
, 16
Inflexible learning modes
, 137
Informal learning
, 136
opportunities
, 146–147
Information
access
, 293
literacy
, 90–91, 96
online access to
, 109
poverty
, 15, 203
role of prison library
, 26–28, 32
services
, 207–210
Information behaviours
of UK prisoners
, 16–17
of young male Malaysian prisoners
, 15–16
Information needs
, 12, 207–210
information need and behaviour studies in prison context
, 14–17
levels of cognition and expression of need
, 13–14
of prisoners
, 13
relevant studies of prison libraries
, 17–19
unspecified participant demographics
, 19–20
Informative programming
, 54
Inmate library assistants
, 4, 234–235, 240
Inmates working in library
, 313–314
Insiders
, 15
Institutional level in prison
, 108
Institutional libraries staffing formula
, 276–279
Institutional Review Board
, 122
Institutional strategy
, 151
Instructions
, 88
Instructor
, 90
Intellectual endeavours
, 20
Intellectual freedom
, 120
International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
, 72
International authors
, 200
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
, 2, 206, 231, 270–271
Internet access
, 176
from library
, 168–169
Interpersonal relationships
, 149–151
Interview with Australian prison library user
, 321–324
Intrinsic rehabilitative value
, 12
“Intro to Improv” theme
, 43
Jail library
, 1
Jails and Prisons in Queens, NY
, 40–41
JPay
, 109
Juvenile detention centers
, 235
Juvenile justice facility library
, 161
books in residential units
, 168
collection management
, 166–167
existing literature regarding juvenile justice facility libraries
, 177–178
findings
, 165
further research
, 178–179
future plans for library
, 169
inquiry into Australian juvenile justice library service provision
, 164–165
internet access from library
, 168–169
juvenile justice in Australia
, 163–164
libraries role in education provision
, 167–168
library
, 171–177
library programming and events
, 168
literature review
, 158–163
number of qualified library staff in Australian juvenile justice facilities
, 165
physical library facilities and access to collection
, 165–166
US juvenile justice library service provision
, 170–171
value of library
, 169–170
Juvenile Offender Correctional Institution of Guangdong Province
, 160
Knowledge of censorship
, 110–112
Lady Bountiful stereotype
, 93
Layder’s adaptive theory approach
, 142
Learning and Skills Centre
, 136, 142, 144
Learning Centre
, 136
Librarians
, 110, 273
Librarianship
, 94
Libraries Tasmania
, 60
adult literacy in prison
, 71–80
Libraries Tasmania Prison Library Services and Risdon Literacy Service
, 61–63
Literacy Service
, 73, 75
model
, 65
prison education
, 67–71
prison libraries
, 63–67
Prison Library Services
, 61–63
Risdon Literacy Service
, 61
Library and information science (LIS)
, 86, 91–92
Library services
, 3
correctional facilities
, 39–40
creating own programming
, 50–54
in divided society
, 147–149
in jails and prisons
, 296–298
Jails and Prisons in Queens, NY
, 40–41
patron and user responses
, 54–55
Queens Public Library and Correctional Outreach
, 41–42
Queens Public Library’s Programs
, 42–50
Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN)
, 231, 246
Library Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions (LSACI)
, 271
1992 standards
, 271
Library/libraries
, 40, 66, 86, 136, 171
access to library
, 172
Bill of Rights
, 106–107
circulation by category
, 175–177
collection
, 173–174
collection policy
, 174–175
collection usage
, 175
future plans for
, 169
in informal learning
, 4
and Information Science
, 158
internet access from
, 168–169
in juvenile justice facilities
, 159
literacy programmes
, 72
physical description
, 171–172
programming and events
, 159, 168
promotion
, 177
role in education provision
, 167–168
and services
, 142–144
space
, 69
staffing
, 171
supervisors
, 235
technician
, 272–273
usage
, 172–173
use
, 184–185
value of
, 169–170
work link with prison education and desistance goals
, 70–71
Life Matter
, 43
Literacy
, 48–50, 73, 86
development for adults
, 76
programme
, 43, 67
services
, 3, 60, 70
Loan and funding opportunities
, 55
Maitland City Library
, 72
Marginalisation
, 65
Marked characteristics
, 20
Master print-based materials
, 73
Medical Library Association (MLA)
, 268
Medical library standards
, 268–269
Meditation
, 43, 48–50
Mindfulness
, 43, 48–50
centered programs
, 55
Mississippi
, 120–121
Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC)
, 120
Money-making
, 55
Moralism in jail
, 292–295
Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)
, 301
Münster Correctional Facility
, 242, 243
Münster prison library
, 233–234
Münster School of Architecture (MSA)
, 240
Nelson Mandela Rules
, 158
Neoliberalism
, 92
Nigerian prison libraries
, 17–18
Non-fiction
, 64
Normalization in prison library
, 5, 270
Bastøy prison
, 313
cooperation and activities in library
, 315–316
inmates working in library
, 313–314
uses of library
, 314–315
North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
, 229
digitalization in prison
, 249–252
grown internationality
, 245–249
legal rights of prisoners
, 229–230
library services in correctional facilities in
, 237–243
prison libraries
, 228–229
Prison Library Support Group
, 243–245
target-oriented socially responsible library services
, 230–231
Northern Ireland
, 138–140
approach to research
, 140–142
first steps into learning
, 144–145
informal and self-directed learning opportunities
, 146–147
interpersonal relationships
, 149–151
library and services
, 142–144
library services at Hydebank
, 151
library services in divided society
, 147–149
positioning of library
, 151–152
prisoner education and prison libraries
, 136–138
staff members
, 152–153
Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS)
, 139
Occupational Safety and Health Administration instruction (OSHA instruction)
, 55
Offender
, 150
Online access to information
, 109
Online public access catalogue (OPAC)
, 251
Open Mic Night
, 43
Openness
, 149
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
, 62, 72
Outsiders
, 15
Part-time staff positions
, 42
Participants
, 122
post-program survey
, 55
Partnerships formation
Creative Outlet Series
, 44
hip hop and other artist programming
, 47
mindfulness, literacy, and meditation
, 49
Partnerships within facility
, 176–177
Passion to Profit
, 43
Patron and user responses
, 54–55
Patron-centered models of library services
, 5
Patron-centered services
, 292, 298–300
countering exceptionalism
, 300–303
idealization in jail
, 292–295
library services
, 296–298
moralism in jail
, 292–295
prison librarianship
, 292–295
realities of carceral contexts
, 303–308
salvation in jail
, 292–295
Paulo Freire’s concept of conscientization
, 87–90
Permitting process for small businesses
, 55
Person’s information literacy
, 90
Phonemic awareness
, 75
Physical library facilities and access to collection
, 165–166
Physiological needs
, 13
Piety
, 93
Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ)
, 272–273
Post-incarceration
, 68
Post-program surveys
, 54
Post-release employment
, 68
Pre-existing codebook
, 142
Primary desistance
, 203–204
Prison
adult literacy in
, 71–80
censorship
, 108
librar
, 1
librarians
, 107
librarianship
, 93, 106, 108, 292–295
literacy service
, 78–80
policymakers
, 137
Statistics
, 202
Prison education
, 61, 67
education in prison support individual change and rehabilitation
, 67–70
library work link with prison education and desistance goals
, 70–71
Prison library, 2, 6, 12–13, 26–27, 32–33, 60, 63, 105, 136–138, 184–185, 317–320 (see also Juvenile justice facility library)
characteristics of respondents
, 189
collaboration of
, 197
as contemporary witness
, 228–229
convicted prisoners
, 222
in Croatia
, 186–187
Croatian Ministry of Justice
, 188
cultural activities
, 12
cultural activity in prison context
, 20–26
cultural role of
, 30–31
desistance from crime
, 203–204
direct admissions of convicted prisoners
, 221
education and learning
, 204–206
educational role of
, 28–29
ex-prisoners on
, 214
fiction than non-fiction
, 196
Impact model
, 71
information needs of prisoners
, 13–20, 211
information role of
, 26–28
information services
, 207–210
library collections, services and programmes useful for prisoners
, 65–66
perception of inmates
, 212–213
practices
, 61
prison institutions of Sri Lanka
, 220
prison rehabilitation officers and counselors
, 214–215
prisoners reading
, 190–191
reading as leisure activity
, 189–190
reason for not accessing library
, 66–67
recreational role of
, 29–30
rehabilitation
, 204
respondents’ perception and use of
, 192–194
services in Germany
, 231–237
services of SLLA
, 225
services support rehabilitation
, 63–65
Sinhala cover page
, 223
social-cultural activities
, 195
in Sri Lanka
, 202, 206–207, 210
Support Group
, 243–245
Tamil cover page
, 224
Prison Reading Groups (PRG)
, 22, 137–138
Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA)
, 69
Prisoners
, 67, 139
education
, 136–138
engagement
, 24
information needs of
, 13–20
Production
, 92
Professional librarians
, 235–237
Professional library
, 17
Professionalisation of adult literacy practitioners
, 73
Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
, 63
Programming
creation
, 50, 52–53
virtual programming
, 53–54
working within correctional facility
, 50–52
Psychological needs
, 13
Public library
, 105–106
information literacy
, 86
standards
, 268
in US
, 86
Public library workers (PLW)
, 86, 93
using CILP in carceral settings
, 94–95
prospective examples using CILP in carceral settings
, 95–98
Purity
, 93
Queens Public Library’s Programs
, 2, 40–43
Creative Outlet Series
, 43–45
hip hop and other artist programming
, 45–48
mindfulness, literacy, and meditation
, 48–50
Queensboro Correctional Facility
, 40–41
Race
, 95
Radical inclusion
, 60
Radical inclusivity
, 66
Reader, The
, 146
Reading Aloud
, 146
Reading habits
, 187
Reading interests
, 184, 185, 188
Real estate
, 55
Recidivism
, 12, 202, 305, 306
Recreational role
, 32
of prison library
, 29–30
Reentry Family Liaison
, 42
Regional librarian
, 273–274
Rehabilitation, 12, 21, 26, 29, 65, 204, 305 (see also Normalization in prison library)
education in prison support individual change and
, 67–70
prison library services support
, 63–65
rehabilitative role of imprisonment
, 12
Restaurant management
, 55
Restorative justice
, 161
Reverse anti-social learned behaviours
, 12
Right to Information Act
, 210
Rikers Island
, 40
Risdon Library and Literacy Service
, 69
Risdon literacy
programme
, 76
service
, 61–63
Risdon prison education space
, 79
Safe space
, 69
Salvation in jail
, 292–295
San Carlos Correctional Facility (SCCF)
, 266–267
School library, 178–179 (see also Colorado State Library (CSL))
academic library standards
, 268
correctional standards
, 269–271
medical library standards
, 268–269
public library standards
, 268
standards
, 267
SCOPUS
, 158
Screenwriting program
, 52
Secondary education, 68 (see also Prison education)
Secularism
, 94
Secure College in United Kingdom
, 136
Self-development
, 69
Self-directed learning
of information literacy
, 86
opportunities
, 146–147
Self-awareness
, 26
Self-consciousness
, 22
Self-expression
, 23
Self-protective behaviours
, 17
Self-reflection
, 20, 23, 25–26
Sensitive information needs
, 25
Sensitive nature
, 12
Social group
, 20
Social justice approach
, 77, 204
Social norms
, 15
Social skills
, 21
Social types
, 15
Socially responsible library services
, 230
Soft skills
, 12
Soul Expression theme
, 43
South Carolina Juvenile Justice Centre
, 170–171
South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI)
, 120
BHB vs.
, 122–127
Special Needs X-press (SNX)
, 299
Specific censorship restrictions of correctional facility
, 113
Specific learning disabilities (SLDs)
, 74, 79
Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA)
, 210
Sri Lankan Prison System
, 202
Staff impression of student perspective
, 169–170
Staffing
, 265
analysis of needs
, 274–275
correctional library service models
, 274–275
correctional library staff retention data
, 279–286
CSL training and retention strategies
, 286–288
CSL’s standards project
, 266–267
institutional libraries staffing formula
, 276–279
mandatory minimums for library staffing
, 288
school library standards
, 267–271
work task analysis
, 272–274
Standard Minimum Rules
, 206
Statewide level in prison
, 108
Stepping classes
, 44
Steven Hayes trial
, 293
Stigmatization
, 209
Stimulate offenders
, 21
Story writing
, 77
Strategic library programming
, 70
Strength-based approach
, 107
Structural factors
, 69
Student perspective, staff impression of
, 169–170
Students
, 139
Study approach
, 121
Submissiveness
, 93
Target-oriented socially responsible library services
, 230–231
Tasmanian Adult Literacy Action Plan
, 73
Tasmanian Prison Service
, 60
Teacher
, 90
Tokens
, 78
Transformative learning, 73, 75, 77, 80 (see also Self-directed learning)
Traveling library office
, 41
Travelling community, 153n3
Trust staff members
, 149
Turning Pages
, 138
UK charity Shannon Trust
, 28
UK Library Association
, 28
Ulterior motives
, 31
UN Sustainable Development Goals
, 204–205
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
, 246
United Nations (UN)
, 184
General Assembly
, 158
language
, 2
United States (US)
, 86
Unity and Brotherhood theme
, 43
Unspecified participant demographics
, 19–20
Urban fiction
, 175
US juvenile justice library service provision
, 170–171
User responses, patron and
, 54–55
Value of library
, 169–170
Virtual programming
, 53–54
Visceral initial conception of information need
, 14
Vocational awe concept
, 93, 285–286
Vocational education and training (VET)
, 72
Vocational system in Australia
, 68
Vulnerability
, 16, 149
Weeding
, 175
Work task analysis
, 272–274
Workshops
, 43
World Health Organization (WHO)
, 208
Worldview
, 15
Writing process
, 60
Young offender
, 139
- Prelims
- Introduction
- Library Programs and Services
- Chapter 1: Exploring the Rehabilitative Role of the Prison Library: Addressing Sensitive Information Needs via Cultural Activities
- Chapter 2: Expanding Library Service in Jails and Prisons Through Hip Hop, Meditation, and Creativity
- Prison Libraries and Literacy Learning
- Chapter 3: Libraries Tasmania Prison Library Literacy Service: Practitioner Reflection
- Chapter 4: Power to the People: Public Libraries Using Critical Information Literacy Pedagogy in Prisons
- Censorship
- Chapter 5: Collaboration Among Prison Libraries, Public, and Academic Libraries and the Impact of Censorship
- Chapter 6: Books Behind Bars: Cases of Censorship in Two South Mississippi Prisons
- Prison Libraries Around the World
- Chapter 7: Prison Librarianship and Prisoner Education: A Case Study from Northern Ireland
- Chapter 8: Exploring Juvenile Justice Facility Library Provision in Australia and South Carolina, USA
- Chapter 9: Reading Behind Bars: Exploring Reading Interests and Library Use of Prisoners in Croatian Correctional Facilities
- Chapter 10: Experiencing Prison Libraries in Sri Lanka: Drawbacks and Potential
- Chapter 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
- Future Views for Prison Libraries
- Chapter 12: Mandatory Minimums: Staffing Correctional Libraries
- Chapter 13: Patron-centered Services: Disrupting the Narrative of Reformation and Reading in American Jails and Prisons
- Voices from the Inside
- Chapter 14: Normalization in the Prison Library
- Chapter 15: Escaping into the Prison Library
- Chapter 16: “What a Difference It Made to My Life”: “What a Difference It Made to My Life”: An Interview with an Australian Prison Library User
- Index