“This report details the findings of the Big Question survey which was carried out by the Cilip Prison Libraries Group in 2014. The aim was to gather a clear picture of what is happening in prison libraries at a time of great change in both the prison estate and public libraries.
There were four key objectives:
- To establish what, if any, effect New Ways of Working is having on prison libraries.
- To see how prison libraries are actually being managed.
- To see how the library fits into the prison structure and regime.
- To see what access there is to IT for both staff and offenders.” [p4]
CILIP Prison Libraries Group. The Big Question report. (Aug 2015)