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By Adam Strunk
The library of the Harvey County jail shall be drastically expanded, due to the work of the Newton Excessive College Nationwide Honor Society.
Newton NHS, as a part of a service venture, collected 220 books to be donated to the jail for inmates to learn.
“The library is likely one of the large sources of leisure for inmates,” Elise Jantz, secretary for Newton Honor Society, stated. “Books go thorough put on and tear and wanted to get changed, and we needed to assist them out and get them to the jail.”
The NHS received the phrase out to college students and academics, native church buildings and posted fliers round city as a part of the venture.
Elise Jantz palms off a field of donated books on the Harvey County jail
Books have been donated to the jail on Friday.
Jantz stated she received the concept from her sister, who additionally donates books to her native jail, and added that the opposite officers of the group have been on board.
“We thought if we might do one thing like that on a bigger scale that might make an enormous distinction on the jail,” she stated.
She stated, in some members’ opinion, together with hers, the prison justice system has flaws, and the trouble helped not less than make life somewhat higher for a few of these contained in the jail.
“Individuals in jail are sometimes sort of forgotten by their communities,” she stated. “Individuals don’t take into consideration them loads.”
She stated that whereas they didn’t get to talk to any of the inmates they helped, they did work with Sheriff Deputy Brian Huntley and get suggestions from him.
“From what it gave the impression of, they appeared like they have been proud of that,” she stated.
