[Publib] Interlibrary Loans from a Prison - FYI

[Adelaide Rowe]

I got this on an email from a friend who had to serve a few months in a federal prison - I thought you guys might be interested

What people in prison read

Our library at the prison camp manages the interlibrary loan program for the camp, the medium-security prison and the high-security penitentiary.  That program allows inmates to check out books from all over Indiana, a very good program.  Thought some of you might be interested in what people in prison read.  Here is a random selection from orders last week from all three prisons:  


Ashes to Ashes

Gunsmith (westerns are very popular)

A Brief History of the Vikings 

Bisexual Option

Love Letter...Lust Letters

Expatriate Employment Handbook

Chicago-Movie Vocal Selections

Lesbian Sex Book: a Guide for Women Who Love Women (remember, there are no women here)

Lucifer's Children

The Kingdomless King (fantasy is very popular)

Violent Crimes

20th-century Crime Fiction

Ancient China 2250 BC-AD 250

Aryan America: Race Revolution

Frederick Douglass

Cookbook of Sauces

Original Chevrolet 1955-1957

Prosecutorial Misconduct

Sophie's Choice

Sword of the Red Ice

Poem of Love

Encyclopedia of Muscle Strength 

Red Badge of Courage 

Home Repair and Remodel Guide

Lonesome Dove

Multiple Sclerosis: a Guide for Families 

How to Be Rich

Music Business Agreements

Gods and Pharoahs from Egyption Myth 

Drywalling

The Bitten

Greenhouse Operation and Management 

Conant the Defiant

The Art of War

Negroes with Guns

1001 Sex Secrets Every Man Should Know 

Ultimate Aquarium

Marine Reef Aquarium Handbook

It is particularly interesting to me that someone almost always orders a book about aquaria.  Remember, no one has an aquarium here.  Different people order them.  Must mean something.  I do plan to suggest that my stepson _____-who owns the _______Aquarium in ________-might want to do some marketing to ex-inmates.   

 

Adelaide Rowe
Head of Youth Services
Elk Grove Village Public Library
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
arowe at egvpl.org <mailto:arowe at egvpl.org>