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Prison Library Project in Georgia Liv Karin Stensby Project Manager

City of Oslo Agency for Cultural Affairs Oslo Public Library. Prison Library Project in Georgia Liv Karin Stensby Project Manager. Georgia on the map, surrounded by Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey and the Black Sea. Founding and cooperation.

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Prison Library Project in Georgia Liv Karin Stensby Project Manager

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  1. City of OsloAgency for Cultural AffairsOslo Public Library Prison Library Project in Georgia Liv Karin Stensby Project Manager

  2. Georgia on the map, surrounded by Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey and the Black Sea

  3. Founding and cooperation The Government of Georgia has expressed its will to reform the correctional and legal system of Georgia. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted Oslo Public Library, based on their competence and experience in prison library policy development, NOK 3 750 000,- to be used to plan, develop and implement a prison library policy in Georgia in cooperation with the MCLA (the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia). Through information, literature and cultural activities, the library aims at giving inmates increased reading skills, enhancing access to education and leisure activities, facilitating rehabilitation and providing a basis for change of attitude!

  4. Goals The Goal of the Project is to start the process of a national scheme for library and educational services in Georgian Penitentiary Establishments, based on international recommendations for treatments of prisoners and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. The Purpose of the Project is to plan and build a pilot library unit at the Penitentiary Establishment for Women, Rustavi nr. 5, based on IFLA’s Guidelines for Library Services to Prisoners. The Project aims to show prison authorities the impact that libraries have on prison life and offender programs, become an inspiration for further efforts in the area, and be a model for the development of a national prison library system in Georgia.

  5. Building site for the library

  6. Construction start December 2011

  7. January 2012

  8. Ana Gergedava and Nino Kokoshviliour two librarians

  9. Prison library May 2012

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