Intellectual freedom, social justice and prison libraries in Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.author	Chandani, J.G.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-06T04:17:52Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-06T04:17:52Z
dc.date.issued	2020-02
dc.identifier.citation	Chandani, J.G., (2020). "Intellectual freedom, social justice and prison libraries in Sri Lanka", International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, . Vol. 7 (2) ,128-131. pp.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2349-4182,
dc.identifier.issn	2349-5979
dc.identifier.uri	http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/8919
dc.description.abstract	The article contributes to the professional discussion of prison library in the context of intellectual freedom and social justice paradigm. It presents results from a survey of the prison libraries in Sri Lanka based on Magazine Prison in Welikada. The survey was conducted in 2018 through an interview. The results show that many prisons in Sri Lanka provide some kind of minimal library services to their inmates. However, prison libraries in Sri Lanka are not professionally managed or are they regularly funded. Further, their collections are developed mainly through gifts and there is almost no evidence of any systematic programming which would lead to constructive and creative use of prisoners’ free time.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	http://www.allsubjectjournal.com	en_US
dc.subject	intellectual freedom; social justice; prison library; sri lanka; information rights; prisoners; inmates	en_US
dc.title	Intellectual freedom, social justice and prison libraries in Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US