[Bookstoprisoners] Re: [Btp-jail-libraries] new books

[Barbara Kessel]

I have had the same thought about prisoners at the jail - more people  
get to read them. On the other hand, prisoners locked away for years  
have no other way to get what they want, so I came out with the same  
thought - split them in half. Barbara

On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Suzanne Linder wrote:

> Hello all--
>
> Thank again to Anne Phillips, I just picked up a box of about 40  
> often requested titles by African American authors.  These books  
> were purchased with money raised from the alternative gift  
> program.  About half the money went to buy dictionaries that we are  
> sending to inmates in Illinois and the other half was used to buy  
> poetry, fiction (finally some Donald Goines books), and non-fiction  
> by A-A authors.
>
> I think that initially we were going to divide these titles between  
> the jail library and the stock of books that BTP sends to  
> prisoners.  Do we still want to do this?  We do not have multiple  
> copies of most of the books so it seems to me like they might be  
> read by more inmates if they all go to the jail?  But I could also  
> be convinced that half of them should be sent to specific inmates.
>
> What do others think?  It would be nice to make a decision by early  
> Saturday afternoon so we can know what to do with them during our  
> packathon.
>
> Thanks,
> Suzanne
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