be advised that these programs are often co-opted by local officials to boost numbers and reduce actual available services to incarcerated populations, or to deflect blame for employee drug smuggling
your experience will vary depending on the county
its wise to partner with an existing, experienced program first to learn the field a bit and avoid the pitfalls counties lay for beginners
for example, many counties will use bureaucratic expense approval hurdles or materials clearance and transportation hurdles to slow down and exhaust your efforts, but there are people with the specific experience and networks to navigate that stuff already in some cases
Balaquina@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
Independent book sellers. Sounds weird, why would they give books away for free? I have a friend who sells books online and buys huge lots of books to resell, many of which are not resellable due to condition or oversaturation in the market. I have gotten a truly obscene amount of free books from her because of this. Lots of sellers have books they want to unload and often have to resort to throwing them away.