General institutional library services
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)All maximum and medium security facilities shall maintain a general institutional library in conformance with the requirements of this Part.
(b)Materials and services provided by each general institutional library shall include, but not be limited to:
(1)print and nonprint materials which are current and responsive to the educational, vocational, informational and recreational interests and needs of the inmate population at a variety of ability levels;
(2)a reference collection which consists of general and specialized materials;
(3)informational materials relating to life skills, reintegration and prerelease which shall include current listings of human service programs and agencies which provide information on housing, employment, community/state resources and educational opportunities;
(4)an orientation program to the library service which includes, but is not limited to, instructions in library procedures and the use of library resources such as informational tools or aids to locate materials and facts in the library; and
(5)an inter-library loan service.