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State prison libraries are controlled by each state's own department of corrections. [1] Many local jails also provide library services through partnerships with local public libraries and community organizations. [1] These resources may be limited, mostly provided through government sources. [2]
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 ...
In 2018, Mississippi-based prison book group Big House Books sued the Mississippi Department of Corrections over an all-encompassing ban on non-religious books; the lawsuit was dropped after the Department of Corrections agreed to allow Big House Books to continue sending free books to Mississippi prisons. [7]
Correctional Industries - Commissary Distribution Center, which processes, packs and ships food orders to other prisons and employs 90 inmates [2] Community Work Program - Inmates contributed 6,783 hours of community work in 2012 for an estimated savings to the community of $169,575. [2]
According to numbers maintained by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, there were 3,113 total assaults recorded in New York’s correctional facilities, up from ...
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. The academy includes nine buildings on 265 acres (107 ha) of land. [14]
[2] [3] Pennsylvania Department of Corrections operates the prison, which previously housed most of Pennsylvania's capital case inmates. [3] It is in the far southwest of the state, [4] near the border with West Virginia, in a rural area. [5]
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.