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18. BOOK DONATIONS FROM INMATE LIBRARY Pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-251(9), approve the donation of books from the Sheriff's Office Inmate Library to include any 501(C)(3) charitable organizations as appropriate. These books are functionally obsolete with little or no salvage value. The Sheriff’s Office regularly receives donations of books from local libraries and citizens of little or no monetary value to be used in the jails. Approval of this agenda item expands the number of organizations that can receive books that might otherwise be placed in the recycle bin. (C-50-08-044-M-01)

Vote: approved

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10. DONATIONS OF BOOKS AND LIBRARY MATERIALS FOR THE JAIL INMATE LIBRARY Approve acceptance of books and library materials of any value from any source, including other libraries, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and private citizens. The number and volume of items accepted will be limited to the amount that the Sheriff's Office has the capacity to accept, process, and store given its current resources. The distribution of reading materials to inmates is part of Graves v. Arpaio. The Sheriff's Office Inmate Library receives donations of approximately 2,000 new and used books a week from a variety of sources. These materials generally have no salvage value and short life cycles in the jail environment. Last month, 12,000 books were distributed to inmates. Books that can't be used in the jails but that are otherwise useful are re-donated per agenda item C-50-08-044-M-01, previously approved by the Board of Supervisors. (C-50-11-058-M-00)