Prison Libraries Pulling Books On Faith

American Voices • Local • ISSUE 43•37 • Sep 13, 2007

Chapel-run prison libraries are pulling certain unapproved books on faith, fearing that they may fuel recruitment for militant religious groups. What do you think?

“I guess I'm not that worried about religious fundamentalists in our jails because they're in our jails.”
Kevin Barker –
Small Appliance Repairman
“That makes sense. Those big religious books are often hollowed out by prisoners to conceal smaller banned books.”
Tom Connelly –
Fundraiser
“Now I'll have to wait eight to 10 years to find out what happened to Jesus.”
Taffy Reiflin –
Convict

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