It is widely acknowledged that libraries play a positive role in the lives of prisoners, as they do with other people. As modern societies gradually adopt a more humane and enlightened practice of criminal justice and incarceration in accordance with the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, they shift their focus from punishment to education, rehabilitation, and constructive use of time. The prison library then becomes an important part of the entire prison environment in its support for educational, recreational, and rehabilitative programmes. They help in addressing psychological needs, attitude problems and difficulties in coping with prison life. The prison library also provides a level of “normalcy” in a highly regulated environment as a place where individuals are free to make their own choices and engage in self-directed pursuits. The library presents a window to the outside world and can provide much useful information for those preparing for release to the outside world.

“The library aims to provide the highest quality user-oriented public library service which will effectively contribute to the development of our area through the utilization of the broad range of contemporary media and technology, and thus serve the information and recreational reading needs of all people of the community, regardless of race, religion, sex, creed, or age. Library is useful to all the people in the society. Especially to those people who are poor and can’t afford to buy books. They can read as well as take notes from the books. Thus, they can read 3 – 4 books in a day.