Every month, NYPL Jail & Prison Services receives over 90 letters from incarcerated people requesting reference information on a wide variety of topics. With volunteers, and in collaboration with library science graduate students from Pratt Institute, we answer the reference requests with care and expertise. The resources and templates on this site can help provide background information on frequently asked questions. We will also mail Connections 2024 for free to anyone who asks.
A Note on Language
Please be mindful of the language you use in your letters. Always refer to the writers of letters as people, and not as inmates/ offenders/ convicts, etc. They are people who are incarcerated, or people who were formerly incarcerated. Please be aware that many government agencies still use these terms, however.