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I have a question. Would you know how we could get a library cart or book shelf of some kind for the jail? It would have to be on rollers so the cart/shelf could be rolled to the different cell blocks.
They do have one but it is aproximately 2 ft. wide and 3 ft. tall. It has a back on it so the books won't fall out when it is being rolled.
I have been able to get an approval for a church to donate some books, although still not many, it is better than nothing. However, with the cart the jail has being so small they have no room for the books. I am afraid they will quit accepting any donations and use the "space" thing as an excuse. They have done away with the "library" before, and I hate to see that happen again.
I have looked online and found the library carts are way to expensive for me to buy. (I'm laid off and go to school full time now). I have called the library here in Tipton to see if they had any that they were not using, but they didn't. I have contacted a person who works P.T. at the community corrections and ask if it were possible to get some sort of grant to pay for one. She said she talked to her boss and that it wasn't.
I have asked a few other people to keep an eye out for something like this, but no one has been able to find anything. I thought maybe you would have an idea on maybe who I could contact to get a grant, a donation or find away to get the jail another library cart/shelf.
Thanks so much.
Tami Mohler
submitted on Fri, 2008-03-21 15:53
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