Prison Banned Books Week Bookstore Gift Match, October 21-28
In 1982, Banned Books Week was launched during the first week of October to protest the sharp rise in the number of challenges to books...
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Mar 11, 20231 min read
Keep Free Books Available to People at Rikers Island
Call for action: It is our understanding that NYC Department of Corrections is planning on stopping Books to Prisoners and other prison...
Jan 15, 20231 min read
Texas DCJ censors the truth of trauma survivors
“On the heels of great work by @MarshallProj showing TX prisons ban thousands of books, we’ve just received a rejection from TX DCJ for...
Jun 1, 20221 min read
"Malcolm X Not Allowed" (8 articles)
In December 2021, we received a package that had been refused by the mailroom at the South Central Correctional Center in Clifton,...
Sep 23, 20211 min read
Accessing Information While Incarcerated, featuring Michelle Dillon
Episode 3 of the Restricted Reading Podcast Series on Kouvenda Media "Michelle Dillon, volunteer and board member for Books to Prisoners...
May 1, 20211 min read
"Iowa State Prisons Ban Family Members, Third Parties From Sending Books To Inmates"
Iowa Public Radio cites Books to Prisoners and other advocates of incarcerated people's right to read, as well as friends and family...
Jun 1, 20191 min read
2019 - Books to Prisoners Challenges WA DOC Book Ban (8 articles)
In March 2019, the Washington State Department of Corrections (WA DOC) prohibited state prisons from accepting used books mailed to...
Nov 27, 20171 min read
2007-2017 Books to Prisoners News Roundup (7 articles)
Books are a Lifeline to Prisoners, June 2017, Forward Reviews The Freedom of Reading, October 2016, American Libraries Criminal Justice...
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