News Desk

"According to the Prison Policy Initiative, nearly two million individuals were incarcerated in 2023 in the United States-in prisons, jails, juvenile correctional centers, and other detention institutions. Itawamba County Sheriff's Department jail library in Mississippi has been given a grant, with which "the librarian will update the collection to promote reading and literacy activities and purchase educational resources and technology that will help facilitate completion of GED and other courses with community college partners." According to a press release, "The asset sale does not include the [other] Rowman & Littlefield ... businesses, including Globe Pequot (with the exception of the Applause and Backbeat imprints), its trade publishing arm, SundanceNewbridge, its K-8 education business and National Book Network (NBN), or its trade distribution business."