Virginia Prison Bans Book Program, Causes Anger
Thousands of inmates in Virginia have received books through the Quest Institute, a Charlottesville-based nonprofit group and a part of Books Behind Bars, a nonprofit that provides books to prisoners all over the United States. But last month, Virginia prison officials banned the program last month stating that security risks were too high and the influx of books created too much work for corrections officers.
This ban has caused a great deal of anger from prisoners and prison advocates who say that this program has countless educational benefits.
Read the full Washington Post article here…
Posted September 10th, 2009 by hcdmedia in: News & Journalism Poetry and Books
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