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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
Published Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2022

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Description 1 online resource
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Prison libraries -- United States
Libraries and prisons -- United States
Libraries and prisons
Prison libraries
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021033804
ISBN 9780838937396
083893739X
0838937403
9780838937402