Crime & Safety
Book Drive For Inmates At Oconee County Jail Continues Through End Of Month
Organizers are happy with the variety of books donated, but more are needed, as are book shelves and a book cart.
Oconee County Democrats is in the final stretch of a book collection for inmates of the Oconee County Jail.
Pat Priest, organizer of the book drive, said today that the group already has delivered more than 400 books to the jail and has more waiting to be picked up from collection sites around the county.
Soft-cover only books can be donated at the Athens West Cleaners, 1720 Epps Bridge Parkway next to Krogers, the Farmington Depot in Farmington, The Krimson Kafe, 40 Greensboro Highway, Watkinsville, and Let it Be Yoga, 90 South Barnett Shoals Road, Watkinsville.
The collection runs through April 30.
For more on the story, including information on the types of inmates at the jail, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Jail on Experiment State Road in Watkinsville.