Helen Goodman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what facilities prison libraries have to help prisoners order books through the internet.
Jeremy Wright
The NOMS policy on prisoner retail allows prisoners (via prison staff) to order books from approved mail order providers. This is at the discretion of the Governor.
An inter-library loan request service, facilitated by the librarian or library assistant, enables prisoners to request books in the same way as library users in the community.
No charge is made for prisoners using the inter-library loan service. Where a special request is necessary, for example to the British Library, a charge will be made. This is consistent with the policy applied to service users in the community.
