GREENFIELD — The Griswold Memorial, Belding Memorial and Greenfield Public libraries, together with Greenfield Community College and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, will host a screening of Part 1 of Ken Burns’ “College Behind Bars.”

This event takes place as part of Prison Banned Books Week, a week-long campaign to raise awareness about censorship in jails and prisons and the struggle to provide educational opportunities and information access for people who are incarcerated.

The screening will take place in the Greenfield Public Library Community Room on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be followed by a panel discussion with Franklin County Sheriff Christopher Donelan and Education Coordinator Jenny Abeles of the Sheriff’s Office; Ally Dowds of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Ricky Gaines of the Returning Citizens Association; and Chelsea Jordan-Makely and Sarah Hertel-Fernandez, directors of the Griswold Memorial Library in Colrain and the Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield, respectively. The event is funded in part by the American Library Association’s Building Library Capacity Grant and is open to the public.

The Colrain, Ashfield and Greenfield libraries have been providing library outreach services to inmates at the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction since 2022. These services include lending books and filling informational requests, book clubs and “Read to the Children,” a program whereby caregivers who are incarcerated can record a video of themselves reading a book to their kids.

Learn more about Prison Banned Books Week at prisonbannedbooksweek.org.