![]() ![]() there were people that were writing like every month. Growing up as the daughter of a chaplain at the Springhill Penitentiary in Nova Scotia, she said she understands how important it is for inmates to connect with someone on the outside. "What really caught me was that people were waiting for my mail," she said. Jane Crosby, who also co-chairs the group, said the most common book requests from inmates include dictionaries, nutrition books, and a variety of fiction genres such as romance and mystery.Ĭrosby, who has been with the group for 10 years, says she can see the impact of the book donations. Books 2 Prisoners helped inmate learn to read Now, after having gone through the proper approvals, the librarian emails the group with requests for different types of books, which volunteers then drop off in the security area of the detention centre. a retired probation officer and he had kind of helped me connect and the group connect with the librarian at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre," he explained. ![]() #FREE BOOKS FOR INMATES FREE#The local charity has sent free books to incarcerated people throughout North America for almost two decades. While Bradley says the organization did drop off boxes of books at the Ottawa jail when they started out, factors like staff changeover made it harder for them to keep going. When he joined the group two years ago, the goal was to re-establish the relationship between Books 2 Prisoners and the jail. It wasn't until last fall, however, that the group was able to get books to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. are looser, with some institutions allowing prisoners to receive two books per month, which is how they are able to send books to inmates in California and Texas. The challenge arises when it comes to figuring out different policies and restrictions around book programs at different institutions.īradley said restrictions in the U.S. Ottawa Morning 9:59 Books2Prisoners reaches coast to coast to coast The volunteer base more than doubled during the pandemic and some correctional facilities were able to accept deliveries of books for prisonersīradley said he wanted to get involved because he "thought that this would be a very tangible way to be able to support people that are incarcerated and help them meet their objectives to eventually be reintegrated back into society." U.S. ![]()
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