Feb. 14—Inmates at the Howard County Jail will now be able to order books and other reading materials from Amazon. The change in policy is thanks to a federal lawsuit and recent settlement agreement ...

AND WOMEN START A NEW CHAPTER. THIS PERSON SAYS, SIMPLY PUT, READING IS MY MAIN COPING MECHANISM. VOICES OF GRATITUDE FROM THE INSIDE TO VOLUNTEERS ON THE OUTSIDE. IN MY OPINION, THERE ARE SOME OF THE ...

Between 2022 and 2024, the County Jail had allegedly rejected dozens of books and publications sent by national nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center.

CHICAGO (AP) — For college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the 22-year-old drives a van of her ...

Cherish Burtson remembers when books were her only escape. She was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, Calif. "And I went through so many books; I think that's the only thing ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Norfolk Sheriff’s Office is cracking down on contraband slipping through the jail bars. Some of it is arriving through book deliveries, so now such packages are being banned.