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- The Books Banned in Your State’s Prisons https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/12/21/prison-banned-books-list-find-your-state 6 comments
- School librarians face a new penalty in the banned-book wars: Prison https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/18/school-librarians-jailed-banned-books/ 25 comments politics
- School librarians face a new penalty in the banned-book wars: prison https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/may/18/school-librarians-face-a-new-penalty-in-the-banned/ 46 comments politics
- Prison book ban ruled unlawful http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30344867 362 comments books
- How books are banned in Texas prisons http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/banned-in-texas-prisons-books-and-magazines-that-203986.html 6 comments books
- Florida prisons ban 22,000 books, the most in the U.S. https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/10/31/florida-book-ban-list-prisons-jail 264 comments books
- Author of second and last book to be banned in America, dies in Prison. http://www.paynoincometax.com/federalmafia.htm 4 comments books
- Illinois Prison Bans Black History Books https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2019/11/06/illinois-prison-bans-black-history-books/ 225 comments books
- Prison book ban lifted in Northern Ireland https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/01/prison-book-ban-lifted-in-northern-ireland 11 comments books
- Oregon prisons ban dozens of technology and programming books over security concerns https://www.salemreporter.com/posts/891/oregon-prisons-ban-dozens-of-technology-and-programming-books-over-security-concerns 259 comments programming
- Why are books banned in prison? Sex, drugs and a critique of systematic oppression https://www.salon.com/2019/06/15/why-are-books-banned-in-prison-sex-drugs-and-a-critique-of-systematic-oppression/ 422 comments books
- An Arizona Prisoner Was Sent a Book Critical of the Criminal Justice System. Now, the State Has Banned It https://www.theroot.com/an-arizona-prisoner-was-sent-a-book-critical-of-the-cri-1834812577 7 comments politics
- Exactly what gets a book banned from prisons, in one US state’s spreadsheet https://qz.com/1176515/exactly-what-gets-a-book-banned-from-prisons-in-one-us-states-spreadsheet/ 7 comments books
- The banning of books in prisons: 'It's like living in the dark ages' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/the-banning-of-books-in-prisons-its-like-living-in-the-dark-ages?CMP=share_btn_tw 129 comments books
- The banning of books to American prisoners: 'It's like living in the dark ages' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/the-banning-of-books-in-prisons-its-like-living-in-the-dark-ages 8 comments worldnews
- Ministers defend ban on sending books to prisoners in England and Wales http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/24/ban-books-prisoners-england-wales-authors 9 comments books
- “Literature Locked Up” Supports An End to US Prison Book Bans for Banned Books Week https://bookriot.com/2019/09/12/literature-locked-up/ 140 comments books
- Prisons Disproportionately Ban Books on Race and Civil Rights, PEN America Report Finds https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/09/prisons-disproportionately-ban-books-on-race-and-c.html 5 comments books
- Arizona Prisons’ Ban on Book About Racism in Criminal Justice Draws Challenge https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/arizona-bans-chokehold-book.html 13 comments politics
- Washington Department of Corrections Quietly Bans Book Donations to Prisoners From Nonprofits https://bookriot.com/2019/04/03/book-ban-in-washington-prisons 7 comments nottheonion
- Washington Department of Corrections Quietly Bans Book Donations to Prisoners From Nonprofits https://bookriot.com/2019/04/03/book-ban-in-washington-prisons 751 comments books
- Prison bans the Game Of Thrones books because inmates might do…something…with all those maps https://news.avclub.com/prison-bans-the-game-of-thrones-books-because-inmates-m-1827411209 56 comments nottheonion
- Prison bans the Game Of Thrones books because inmates might do…something…with all those maps https://news.avclub.com/prison-bans-the-game-of-thrones-books-because-inmates-m-1827411209 192 comments books
- Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison, again, after judge says book ban was retaliation https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/24/former-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-released-from-prison-again.html 20 comments politics
- Bill from Missouri's Rep Ben Baker threatens librarians with prison sentences for allowing minors to read books banned by town committees https://boingboing.net/2020/01/16/lock-her-up-2.html 4 comments books
- ACLU: New Jersey prisons have illegally banned book on mass incarceration http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/367879-aclu-new-jersey-prisons-have-illegally-banned-book-on-mass 3 comments politics
- ‘It’s the racial stuff’: Illinois prison banned, removed books on black history and empowerment from inmate education program https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-prison-books-removed-inmate-education-20190815-6xlrmfwmovdxnbc3ohvsx6edgu-story.html 226 comments books
- Washington prison book donation ban cancelled after outcry; "the data does not support continuing the restriction on donated used books." https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/crime_and_courts/washington-corrections-officials-reverse-ban-will-allow-prisoners-to-get/article_3f9d6ef5-fcde-5ec8-8b41-786dce3fb877.html 421 comments books
- "The Pennsylvania Department is Corrections is banning prisoners from receiving books. Instead, they can buy a $149 e-reader, and pay between $2-$29 for e-books of work largely in the public domain. There are no dictionaries available" http://cbldf.org/2018/09/new-draconian-policy-affects-books-mail-in-pa-prisons/ 2966 comments books
- Do Inmates Have Access to Crime Novels? Crime Fiction, Banned Books, and the Prison-Industrial Complex. https://crimereads.com/do-inmates-have-access-to-crime-novels/# 10 comments books
- Of the 10,000 books banned in Texas prisons, jailbreak classic 'The Count of Monte Cristo' not one http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/a-charlie-brown-christmas-among-the-10-000-12412682.php 12 comments politics
- Texas prisons ban books by Langston Hughes and Bob Dole - but 'Mein Kampf' is OK https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/54womh/texas_prisons_ban_books_by_langston_hughes_and/ 10 comments books
- Texas prisons ban books by Langston Hughes and Bob Dole - but 'Mein Kampf' is OK http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-texas-prisons-books-20160927-snap-story.html 1299 comments nottheonion
- In a South Carolina jail, prisoners denied all books except Bible. ACLU says jail is banning books 'for no good reason' http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/10/us-prisoners-refused-books-bible 775 comments politics
- An inmate at America's most secure federal prison was banned from reading two books written by Barack Obama because they were "potentially detrimental to national security". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/5797763/barack-obamas-books-too-dangerous-for-prisoners-to-read.html 10 comments politics
- US Bureau of Prisons bans non-extremist religious texts, throws out thousands of inoffensive books http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=zmy4odiwyje1mjywndu3zjblzgq5yzi4ngu0otzmzdg= 2 comments reddit.com
- Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine | Texas, the largest state to restrict abortions, now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/25/texas-trigger-law-abortion/ 846 comments politics
- UK Ban on sending books to prisoners set to end. Following high court ruling in December, campaigners say it will be possible to send inmates books from February. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/22/ban-sending-books-prisoners-end-high-court-ruling 46 comments books
- Prison Censorship Should Be a Bigger Discussion in Banned Book Week | As a nation, people aren’t ready to confront their own bias against those incarcerated (even for non-violent offenses), and advocates get labeled “radicals” or “hippies.” https://www.themarysue.com/prisons-banned-book-week/ 48 comments books
- The Pentagon has paid anti-war activist Noam Chomsky the highest honor any totalitarian entity can bestow upon an author: they’ve banned his book Interventions at Guantanamo Bay prison. http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5849/pentagon-noted-linguist-anti-war/ 38 comments politics