Books beyond bars : the transformative potential of prison libraries

Prisoners are subject to discrimination generally and to discrimination in the provision of education specifically. They are more likely to come from challenging social backgrounds, to have had limited or no educational experience, and to suffer from difficulties with reading and/or writing - dispro...

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Main Author: Krolak, Lisa
Other Authors: Instituto de la UNESCO para el Aprendizaje a lo Largo de Toda la Vida
Format: eBook Online
Language: English
Published: Hamburg : UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2019.
Course Reserves: Encarcerated persons
Cultur rights
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Online Access: Access to the document (web)
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Summary: Prisoners are subject to discrimination generally and to discrimination in the provision of education specifically. They are more likely to come from challenging social backgrounds, to have had limited or no educational experience, and to suffer from difficulties with reading and/or writing - disproportionate to the rest of society. The time spent in prison should ideally help them to continue or return to learning, and give them the chance to experience the joy of having access to reading materials for education, self-reflection or simply recreation
Item Description: Incluye gráficos y fotografías a color
Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) licence
Physical Description: 1 recurso en línea (50 páginas) : PDF
Format: Modo de acceso: World Wide Web
Bibliography: Bibliografía: p. 45-50
ISBN: 978-92-820-1231-4
Source of description: Título tomado de la primera página (consultado el 2 de abril de 2020)