event Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28 “In the era of prison profiteers like JPay, we’re potentially seeing the dawn of a new era of prison censorship."
fight the power Big House Books Wins Lawsuit! As reported in in May, Big House Books based in Mississippi sued MS DOC for banning donated/free books from coming into MS prisons. We found out this week that
fight the power Eastham Prison Officials Refuse to Provide Ice and Water to Prisoners Trapped in Ad-Seg Cells! Never in my life did I think I would be BEGGING for something as fundamental and life-saving as WATER and ICE.
prison policy Big Ups to Big House Books! Fight the Power! The reason they are no longer allowing donated books has nothing to do with contraband or security; it is because they don't feel like doing their jobs, which is to sort and distribute prisoner mail.
