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New Jersey officials say they'll lift ban on book The New Jim Crow in prisons
Source: Associated Press
New Jersey officials say they'll lift ban on book The New Jim Crow in prisons
Associated Press
Mon 8 Jan ‘18 20.30 GMT
New Jersey corrections officials say a bestselling book on mass incarceration and racial discrimination will now be available to inmates at all state correctional facilities, following a ban that had withheld the book from some facilities.
The announcement came on Monday after the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union questioned why at least two prisons had banned The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, an acclaimed 2010 book about discrimination against African Americans in the criminal justice system.
The pressure group argued the ban amounted to unconstitutional censorship of speech on issues of public concern, which is entitled to special protection under the first amendment.
Corrections officials noted there was no department-wide ban on the book. They also said it is being used as a teaching tool in a state program in which inmates enroll in college-level courses while incarcerated.
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Associated Press
Mon 8 Jan ‘18 20.30 GMT
New Jersey corrections officials say a bestselling book on mass incarceration and racial discrimination will now be available to inmates at all state correctional facilities, following a ban that had withheld the book from some facilities.
The announcement came on Monday after the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union questioned why at least two prisons had banned The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, an acclaimed 2010 book about discrimination against African Americans in the criminal justice system.
The pressure group argued the ban amounted to unconstitutional censorship of speech on issues of public concern, which is entitled to special protection under the first amendment.
Corrections officials noted there was no department-wide ban on the book. They also said it is being used as a teaching tool in a state program in which inmates enroll in college-level courses while incarcerated.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/08/new-jersey-officials-say-theyll-lift-ban-on-book-the-new-jim-crow-in-prisons
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