02

San Francisco Public Library Leads National Initiative to Expand Library Access for Incarcerated People

Febrero 13, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Public Library (SFPL), in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA) , is leading a groundbreaking national effort to expand access to books, information and professional library services for incarcerated individuals and people reentering their communities. Supported by more than $4 million from the Mellon Foundation, SFPL launched the Expanding Information Access for Incarcerated People initiative to address the urgent and growing need for equitable information access in carceral settings.