From the Bastille Castle to today's prisons: a collection of documents on
prison libraries and people's access (or lack of access) to them
held in reading.
The documents, with various statuses, are preceded by a sequence of 98 images
(black and white duotone) and framed by a preface by Philippe Claudel and a
afterword by historian Jean-Lucien Sanchez.
The text part is composed of five chapters, presented respectively by:
. Philippe Artières, historian
. Guillaume de la Taille, curator
. Marianne Terrusse, librarian
. Jean-Louis Fabiani, sociologist
. Claude Poissenot, sociologist
CHAPTER 1 History of the prison library and associated representations
CHAPTER 2 Constitution and organization of funds
CHAPTER 3 Book circulation and functioning of libraries
CHAPTER 4 What Prisoners Read
CHAPTER 5 The library place
