Baroness Morgan of Huyton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Morgan of Huyton on 2014-04-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the introduction of regulations to stop parcels being sent to prisoners, they have plans to improve prison libraries.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Prison library services are, in the majority of prisons, provided by Public Library Authorities. Prison libraries enable prisoners to receive, subject to the constraints of operating within a custodial environment, a service equivalent to that provided for library users in the community.

We have no plans to make changes to these services.