The Jail Library

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 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