The South Carolina State Library's Institutional Libraries Program supplies library materials to institutional libraries. These library materials are customized to meet the needs of each facility’s residents.
Institutions of state government with long-term residents who have limited access to public libraries are eligible to participate. Our past and current partners include The South Carolina Department of Corrections, The South Carolina Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.
This initiative is made possible through funding provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library Services and Technology Act. For more information, please contact the Facilities and Access Consultant.

Books delivered to Birchwood High School (Department of Juvenile Justice), 2024
Library staff delivering books to Tyger River Correctional Institution (SC Department of Corrections), 2024
A resident of the Midlands Center (BHDD Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) holds one of the library's new books, 2024
New Books for the library at Morris Village, BHDD Office of Mental Health, July 2025