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2. Prison Book Program - Wikipedia

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   Prison Book Program is an American non-profit organization that sends free books to people in prison. [1] While the organization is based in Massachusetts, it mails packages of books to people in prisons in 45 U.S. states, as well as Puerto Rico and Guam. [2] The program receives letters from people in prison asking for specific titles or ...

3. Books to Prisoners - Wikipedia

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   Books to Prisoners is an umbrella term for organizations that mail free reading material to prison inmates. Background. The first Books to Prisoners projects were founded in the early 1970s. These included Seattle's Books to Prisoners, Boston's Prison Book Program, and the Prison Library Project which was founded in Durham, North Carolina but ...

4. Prisoners' Education Trust - Wikipedia

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   Prisoners' Education Trust logo. Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) is a registered charity that works in prisons in England and Wales. [1] It offers distance learning courses and educational advice and guidance to people in prison. It was founded in HMP Wandsworth in 1989.

5. Books Through Bars - Wikipedia

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   Expenses (2016) $48,925 [3] Website. www .booksthroughbars .org. Books Through Bars is an American organization that works to provide quality reading material to prisoners in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. New Society Publishers of Philadelphia founded Books Through Bars in 1990. [4] Books Through Bars was separately incorporated as a ...

6. Prison library - Wikipedia

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   Prison libraries serve both prisoners and the public by helping to educate prisoners, reduce recidivism, and improve family bonds through reading. Research shows a correlation between education and reduced recidivism, and libraries play an important role in supporting education. [3] In fact, in some states, prisoners are sentenced to a ...

7. Prison education - Wikipedia

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   An education class for federal prisoners in the US. Prison education is any educational activity that occurs inside prison. Courses can include basic literacy programmes, secondary school equivalency programmes, vocational education, and tertiary education. Other activities such as rehabilitation programs, physical education, and arts and ...

8. List of professional designations in the United States

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   Credentialed veterinary nurses can pursue specialized training in one of 16 NAVTA/CVTS approved academies that specialize in subjects such as dentistry, ophthalmology, or internal medicine. Post-nominal titles typically include the specialty academy's abbreviation to indicate subject (e.g., Jane Doe, LVTS, ADVT).

9. Chicago Books to Women in Prison - Wikipedia

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   Website. cbwp .org. Chicago Books to Women in Prison (CBWP) is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that provides free books to incarcerated women in state and federal prisons across the United States. On average, around 3,000 packages are sent per year, pulled from a collection that averages around 10,000 donated books.