About ILS Libraries
The Washington State Library (WSL) partners with the Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to provide library services to inmates in adult correctional facilities and patients in adult psychiatric hospitals. In addition, interlibrary loan services are provided to the DOC minimum security facilities across the state.
Mission Statement
With spirit and fortitude, ILS branch staff enhances the quality of life for unique populations by providing a welcoming, neutral and secure place where informational, educational, and recreational needs are met.
Click a link below to go to each library’s wish list. Your purchases will help patrons in prisons and state hospitals.
- Airway Heights Corrections Center—Airway Heights (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Clallam Bay Corrections Center—Clallam Bay (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Coyote Ridge Corrections Center—Connell (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Eastern State Hospital—Medical Lake (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Echo Glen Children’s Center—Snoqualmie (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Stafford Creek Corrections Center—Aberdeen (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Twin Rivers Unit—Monroe (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Washington Corrections Center—Shelton (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Washington Corrections Center for Women—Gig Harbor (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Western State Hospital—Lakewood (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Washington State Penitentiary – South Complex (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore)
- Washington State Penitentiary—West Complex (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- ILS Reads—Statewide community reads program (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
- Baby Reads – storytime program in the Residential Parenting Program at WCCW in Gig Harbor (Amazon) (Auntie’s Bookstore) (Queen Anne Book Co)
Free downloadable posters to print and display:
Bookstores of Washington State: If you would like to join this project, please email Sara Peté at [email protected].