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Ending censorship applies to prison too - US prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs

Posted by boxer_dogs_dance
Tags: libraries.prison, usa, incarceration, censorship, prisons.for profit, prison libraries act, law, pen america, prison banned books week, bans.book, author.kelly jensen, source.bookriot
https://bookriot.com/prison-banned-books-week-2023/

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Title
Ending Censorship Applies to Prison, Too: A Prison Banned Book Week News Roundup, 2023
Authors
Kelly Jensen
Published
Oct 30 2023
Word count
1304 words

4 comments

  1. [3]
    DefinitelyNotAFae
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    For serious change we'll have to see incarcerated people (and people on parole/released) as people deserving of human dignity and respect and society is bad at it.

    For serious change we'll have to see incarcerated people (and people on parole/released) as people deserving of human dignity and respect and society is bad at it.

    9 votes
    1. [2]
      boxer_dogs_dance
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      Education would be part of avoiding recidivism. However, many people see prison more as revenge than as keeping society safe. Of course the corporations that profit from prisons and prison labor...

      Education would be part of avoiding recidivism.

      However, many people see prison more as revenge than as keeping society safe.

      Of course the corporations that profit from prisons and prison labor want to see a steady supply of inmates.

      9 votes
      1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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        So many things would help recidivism. But yeah. We don't actually want that. And we don't think incarcerated people have (any) rights.

        So many things would help recidivism. But yeah. We don't actually want that. And we don't think incarcerated people have (any) rights.

        6 votes
  2. boxer_dogs_dance
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    One of the most important US bills related to book bans floated on the national level this year is also one that has received little attention: The Prison Libraries Act. U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Shontel Brown (D-OH) proposed the bill in April, which would authorize $60,000,000 over six years for state prisons to provide library resources and services — indeed, this isn’t just about dropping tons of books into the prisons and moving on. Trained professionals would be there to help people use the educational and entertainment resources. The Act would also help build powerful coalitions between prisons and the local libraries in their community.

    7 votes