Lord Bradshaw – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2014-04-01.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that library facilities in prisons, including the availability and ordering of books, are fit for purpose.

Lord Faulks

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 consider them to be fit for purpose.