Sounds from the Shelves

The Jail Library

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Join us as we talk to Gentry and Jenn from the Salt Lake County Jail Library about the jail library, and what it is like working there.

 

Book Recommendations from Vern:

  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
  • The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
  • The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
  • Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson 
  • In the Belly of the Beast by Jack Henry Abbott
  • Solitary by Albert Woodfox 
  • Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance by Leonard Peltier
  • Monster : the autobiography of an L.A. gang member by Sanyika Shakur, aka Monster Kody Scott.
  • The autobiography of Malcolm X  with the assistance of Alex Haley ; introduction by M.S. Handler ; epilogue by Alex Haley ; afterword by Ossie Davis 
  • Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 

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    Time stamps:

    00:00 - Intro
    00:21 - Reader's Advisory
    03:37 - Gentry Densley and Jenn McKague
    04:23 - What is the Jail Library?
    05:06 - Does it Look Like a Library?
    06:28 - Where is the Jail Library?
    09:22 - How long have we had a Jail Library?
    12:39 - How many staff work at the Jail Library?
    13:22 - What is in the Jail Library collection?
    16:17 - Jail Library programming
    18:03 - How do inmates check materials out?
    23:07 - What is it like to work at the Jail Library?
    27:55 - A Typical Jail Library Work Day
    29:32 - Favorite Memories and Stories
    32:07 - What do you wish the public knew about the Jail Library?
    36:04 - Anything Else?
    38:41 - Potatoes!
    41:13 - Outro

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    Sounds from the ShelvesBy Salt Lake County Library