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Author:
Austin, Jeanie, author.
Title:
Library services and incarceration : recognizing barriers, strengthening access / Jeanie Austin ; foreword by Kathleen de la Peña McCook.
Publisher:
ALA Neal-Schuman,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xix, 186 pages ; 26 cm
Subject:
Prison libraries--United States.
Libraries and prisons--United States.
Other Authors:
McCook, Kathleen de la Peña, writer of foreword.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Philosophical Approaches -- Carceral Histories in the United States -- Forms of Incarceration -- Information and Incarceration -- Information Interstices: Technologies and Flows of Power -- Models of Direct Service -- Models of Indirect Service -- Reentry Support and Programming -- Building Institutional Support and Getting Started.
Summary:
"This book provides librarians and those studying to enter the profession with tools to grapple with their own implication within systems of policing and incarceration, melding critical theory with real-world examples to demonstrate how to effectively serve people impacted by incarceration"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0838949452
9780838949450
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1260692235
LCCN:
2021033803
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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