Raising awareness of this most pervasive practice of censorship in America, the third, annual Prison Banned Books Week brings together over sixty organizations working for free expression. Independent booksellers, libraries, prison book programs, civil and First Amendment rights organizations and legal advocacy organizations work tirelessly to ensure the free access to information and ideas necessary for a democratic society.
This Prison Banned Books Week, we will be celebrating their work and offer ways to connect with these amazing organizations.
Our History
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Have prisons and jails always banned books? Why do prisons and jails censor what people can read? What kinds of books are censored? What have people been doing to try and resist these limits on reading? Find out more in this history of prison book programs.
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