Prison Libraries--The Realities.

Hartz, Fred R.

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ERIC Number: EJ382522

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Publication Date: 1988

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Prison Libraries--The Realities.

Hartz, Fred R.

Catholic Library World, v59 n6 p258-61 May-Jun 1988

This review of the effectiveness of bibliotherapy as a correctional rehabilitation tool discusses the need for library educators and associations to recognize that the function of prison libraries is to advance the freedom to read, not to provide formal educational or rehabilitational programs. (10 references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Censorship, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Needs, Library Administration, Library Education, Library Role, Library Services, Prison Libraries

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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