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Texas prisoners can't read Texas prison history

The Statesman's Eric Dexheimer reports on the latest dustup over banned books at TDCJ:The New York Times called it "an important reckoning." "A gripping history lesson," an Associated Press book reviewer declared."Anyone interested in America's prison system should read it," concluded The Dallas Morning News assessment of "Texas Tough," a new book covering the history of the state's corrections system.One group with a natural interest in the subject has yet to crack the book's cover, however: Texas prisoners themselves. In March, mailroom handlers assigned to review incoming literature at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's James A. Lynaugh Unit in Fort Stockton judged a short passage in the opening chapter of "Texas Tough" about a girl's childhood molestation to be inappropriate for prisoners to read...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 15, 2010 (boomark / email).