Washington State Library

Washington State Library's Institutional Library Services program, in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Corrections, will pilot a national effort to develop strategies and tools designed to address disparities in the service standards and capacities of general services libraries located in U.S. state and territorial prisons. The project team will bring stakeholders together to identify and discuss current policies, best practices, performance standards, and outcomes of prison library services, develop adaptable models for improving and providing services, and create an online workspace for these collaborative activities. Prison library patrons and staff working in general services libraries in U.S. state and territorial prisons will benefit from this project.