The medium security women’s prison in Framingham is looking for these types of books:
Crossword dictionary
Trivia Books
Historical fiction (ie, Philippa Gregory)
Young adult fiction
Suspense/Mystery (ie, Janet Evanovich, Harlan Coben, Lisa Unger)
Gardening books
Cookbooks
Newly published Biographies
Origami/Craft books
Mental Health books (ie, Bi-polar, addiction, etc)
Guinness book of World Records
Any bestselling fiction authors (Patterson, Sandford, Nora Roberts, Christine Feehan, etc)
Modern love poetry
Spanish language books
If you have books to donate, please contact the librarian Vanessa Burns at vanessa.burns@state.ma.us.

Fall Semester 2016, Rebecca Taylor hopes to organize a panel discussing how prisons punish and dehumanize people rather than rehabilitate inmates.