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  2. Books Through Bars - Wikipedia

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    Prison libraries are not being funded, in part because reading material is widely seen as irrelevant to a "mostly uneducated and indeed largely illiterate prison population". [6] New Society Publishers began its program after it began receiving letters from indigent prisoners, and provides donated books to individual prisoners. [ 7 ]

  3. Prison library - Wikipedia

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    CILIP's Prison Library Group actively supports prison libraries in England and Wales through promotion, policy, advice, continuing education, networking, advocacy, mentoring, publishing, and involvement. [37] Between 2005 and 2008 prison libraries' funding almost doubled. [38] Prison libraries must meet required standards and are subject to ...

  4. Imagining a life beyond prison walls: Why tiny libraries are ...

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    Founded in 2020, Freedom Reads works to place millions of books into prisons by installing one Freedom Library at a time in every prison dormitory and housing unit in the United States based on ...

  5. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Training Academy serves as a training area for prison employees working for the state and county. [14] It is located in Mount Joy Township , Lancaster County , [ 15 ] [ 16 ] near Elizabethtown and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Harrisburg .

  6. Pennsylvania's prisons will be come more dangerous if ... - AOL

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    Limiting the use of RHUs has proven to increase violence in prisons. On April 1, 2022, New York passed a law that severely limits, or in some cases eliminates, the ability to place inmates in RHUs.

  7. List of Pennsylvania state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Somerset, Pennsylvania: Houses geriatric and mentally ill inmates State Correctional Institution – Mercer: Mercer, Pennsylvania: Motivational Bootcamp – Quehanna: Karthaus Township, Pennsylvania: Co-ed and six-month duration State Correctional Institution – Waymart: Waymart, Pennsylvania: Originally part Farview State Hospital.

  8. Pennsylvania Prison Society - Wikipedia

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    In 1845, the Prison Society established the Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, which is still published today as The Prison Journal. The Society's main office is located at 230 S. Broad Street Suite 605, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , 19102. [ 3 ]

  9. Category:State prisons in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "State prisons in Pennsylvania" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *