Books play an intimate and educational role in many of our lives. This relationship fuels the passion a lot of us have for our public libraries.
For those incarcerated, access to good reading material is more of a challenge.
In prison in Canada, libraries, if they exist, are small and limited. There is sometimes little to read other than harlequin romance and religious materials.
In response, people on the outside have organized initiatives to help get books inside to prisoners.
One such initiative exists in Vancouver and is called Books 2 Prisoners [6]. Stark Raven spoke with B2P organizer and co-founder, Filis Iverson about what it is like getting reading material through the prison gates.
Links:
[1] http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/stark-raven
[2] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/artist/books_2_prisoners_interview_with_filis_iverson
[3] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/album/stark_raven
[4] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/genre/public_affairs
[5] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/year/2008
[6] http://www.prisonjustice.ca/organizations/b2p.html
[7] http://rabble.ca/user
[8] http://rabble.ca/user/register