New Arkansas prison policy to restrict how inmates receive books starting in February

ARKANSAS, USA — A new policy within the Arkansas prison system will prohibit books, magazines, and other physical media from ...
Texarkana Gazette

Arkansas set to impose country's strictest ban on books in prisons

A ban on sending books and magazines to inmates in Arkansas prisons goes into effect Feb. 1, putting into place the strictest regulations in the country on sending outside publications to the ...
Slate

When Arkansas Found the Prison System Cruel and Unusual

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison ...
NBC DFW

Inside prison walls, here's how a book program is changing lives

Maria Montalvo speaks with emotion, her eyes shining as she recounts her reading experiences. She says she especially enjoys books by Isabel Allende, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, Erika L. Sánchez ...
Los Angeles Times

Banned: California prisoners can’t read book by former inmate

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation maintains a list of books banned from circulation among the state’s 90,000 prisoners. The forbidden books include “The Handmaid’s Tale” by ...