DC Books to Prisons<p>People who care about prisoners' access to books are often altruists who care about many social justice issues. An outstanding example is <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@firestorm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>firestorm</span></a></span> (Firestorm Books).</p><p>We became aware of them when they wrote an excellent post about <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a>:<br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/@firestorm@kolektiva.social/113170024115935322" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookstodon.com/@firestorm@kole</span><span class="invisible">ktiva.social/113170024115935322</span></a></p><p>Firestorm Books is in Asheville, North Carolina, and has now pivoted to helping people affected by <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/HurricaneHelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneHelene</span></a>:<br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/@firestorm@kolektiva.social/113223942050792982" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookstodon.com/@firestorm@kole</span><span class="invisible">ktiva.social/113223942050792982</span></a><br>Asheville is fortunate to have them.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/altruism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>altruism</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asheville</span></a></p>
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Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Prison Banned Books Week 2024 Wrap Up: How to Help</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/prison-banned-books-week-2024-wrap-up-how-to-help/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">prison-banned-books-week-2024-wrap-up-how-to-help/</span></a></p><p>* send cash/stamp donations</p><p>* send books</p><p>* volunteer</p><p>* prisoners join our Serve the People Free Political Books to Prisoners Program</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a></p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Prison Banned Books Week: TX Bans Book Cuz It's Effective</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/prison-banned-books-week-tx-bans-book-cuz-its-effective/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">prison-banned-books-week-tx-bans-book-cuz-its-effective/</span></a></p><p>* TDCJ bans book of prisoner writings to shut down RHU/long-term isolation</p><p>* censorship is part of counter-insurgency coming down from Governor Abbot</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/TDCJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TDCJ</span></a></p>
Firestorm Books<p>It's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> and we're inviting you to learn more about the oversized role that the US's oversized prison system plays in censoring and restricting book access—particularly for low income folks, people of color, queers, and others with criminalized identities.</p><p>📕 If you're on Facebook or Instagram, follow our friends at Asheville Prison Books (@avlprisonbooks) and Tranzmission Prison Project (@tranzmissionprisonproject), who are bringing an abolitionist lens to their work on the front lines of prison book access all year long! (Hopefully they'll join Mastodon soon 🥺)</p><p>📙 Buy a book from our co-op's Asheville Prison Books wishlist at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/ashevilleprisonbooks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/ashevilleprison</span><span class="invisible">books</span></a> and an anonymous donor will match your purchase with funds for highly requested titles like legal dictionaries.</p><p>📗 Take action by demanding that Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller drop a new rule prohibiting ALL used books at the detention center! Read the top post on @avlprisonbooks's Instagram page for details and a simple call-in script. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAGlicNsCeU/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/p/DAGlicNsCeU/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>📘 Check out the article a member of our team wrote for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance at <a href="https://sibaweb.com/blogpost/1157249/504370/Banned-Books-Week-Firestorm-Books-Prison-Books-Program" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sibaweb.com/blogpost/1157249/5</span><span class="invisible">04370/Banned-Books-Week-Firestorm-Books-Prison-Books-Program</span></a> about the big impact indies can have when they support the prison book movement.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
DC Books to Prisons<p>We serve incarcerated readers in 35 US states. We don't send books to people in Wisconsin, because people there have long been served by Wisconsin Books to Prisoners (WBTP).</p><p>Unfortunately, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections has banned WBTP from sending books to people in their custody. With ironic timing, they announced this just a few weeks before Prison Banned Books Week!</p><p>Learn more at <a href="https://www.wisconsinbookstoprisoners.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wisconsinbookstoprisoners.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> (Scroll down to "News & Events")</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Books Not Bans: Tennessee Book Policy a Mystery</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/books-not-bans-tennesee-book-policy-a-mystery/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">books-not-bans-tennesee-book-policy-a-mystery/</span></a></p><p>* Tennessee is adopting JPay tablets and there seems to be no way to send in books to prisoners</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a></p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Prison Banned Books Week: Dozens of Postcards to Support IN Prisoners</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/prison-banned-books-week-dozens-of-postcards-to-support-in-prisoners/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">prison-banned-books-week-dozens-of-postcards-to-support-in-prisoners/</span></a></p><p>* false drug charges made on our mail</p><p>* we are ending our postcard campaign, so send out your postcards soon</p><p>* lawsuit continues around IN censorship</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indiana</span></a></p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Books Not Bans: Florida Censors Whatever They Please</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/books-not-bans-florida-censors-whatever-they-please/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">books-not-bans-florida-censors-whatever-they-please/</span></a></p><p>Grade = D for Florida mail policies and practices</p><p>* Florida censors books we send to prisoners at a higher rate than any other state</p><p>* JPay censors our mail bypassing official state notification rules</p><p>* Prison staff benefit from an ignorant and divided population</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a></p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Prison Banned Books Week: A United Front for Knowledge</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/prison-banned-books-week-a-united-front-for-knowledge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">prison-banned-books-week-a-united-front-for-knowledge/</span></a></p><p>* many prisoners have transformed themselves through the knowledge in books</p><p>* we must study old ideas to understand the past and to determine our future</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a></p>
DC Books to Prisons<p>Many people have heard of Banned Books Week, but did you know that<br>there's also a Prison Banned Books Week? It is taking place<br>right now (September 15-21, 2024). Learn more at <a href="https://prisonbannedbooksweek.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">prisonbannedbooksweek.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Overlapping Prison Banned Books Week is a matching grant opportunity. A generous foundation has offered a $1,000 match for all purchases from our Politics and Prose wishlist — <a href="https://www.politics-prose.com/wishlist/960" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politics-prose.com/wishlist/96</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a> — or Bookshop.org wishlist — <a href="https://bookshop.org/wishlists/a641ac4a61f8bc1f8a0da919f50c47ed25c4abfa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/wishlists/a641ac4</span><span class="invisible">a61f8bc1f8a0da919f50c47ed25c4abfa</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Prison Banned Books Week: Analyzing the Pennsylvania Ban list</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/prison-banned-books-week-analyzing-the-pennsylvania-ban-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">prison-banned-books-week-analyzing-the-pennsylvania-ban-list/</span></a></p><p>* PA has $50 million contract with GTL</p><p>* PA has three different addresses for prisoner mail</p><p>Grade = D for Pennsylvania's mail policies and procedures</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> </p><p>(art by a PA Prisoner)</p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Books Not Bans: No Used Books, Corporate Tablets Rule in Menard, IL</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/books-not-bans-no-used-books-corporate-tablets-rule-in-menard-il/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">books-not-bans-no-used-books-corporate-tablets-rule-in-menard-il/</span></a></p><p>* U.$. prisons punish instead of rehabilitate</p><p>* why restrict books to people locked in a cell 23-24 hours a day?!</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a></p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Books Not Bans: MO Ad-Seg Isolation Means No Books or Tablets</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/books-not-bans-mo-ad-seg-isolation-means-no-books-or-tablets/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">books-not-bans-mo-ad-seg-isolation-means-no-books-or-tablets/</span></a></p><p>Grade = F for Missouri's mail policies and practices</p><p>Read prisoner testimonies from Administrative Segregation/long-term isolation cells</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a></p>
Maoist Ministry Of Prisons<p>Prison Banned Books Week 2024 Kickoff</p><p><a href="https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/prison-banned-books-week-2024-kickoff/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prisoncensorship.info/article/</span><span class="invisible">prison-banned-books-week-2024-kickoff/</span></a></p><p>* Find out how to fight book bans in prisons</p><p>* Check our site all week long for related articles</p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/BooksNotBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksNotBans</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIM</span></a></p>
DC Books to Prisons<p>It is heartening to see mainstream media coverage of prisons banning books. For example, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@BostonGlobe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BostonGlobe</span></a></span> published this article by an incarcerated person:</p><p><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/23/opinion/im-prisoner-fighting-book-censorship-heres-why-our-access-books-matters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonglobe.com/2023/10/23/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/im-prisoner-fighting-book-censorship-heres-why-our-access-books-matters/</span></a></p><p>Excerpt: "In January 2023, PEN America sent me its 2022 Prison Writing Awards Anthology, but my facility refused to give it to me, because I authored one of the book’s articles."</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a></p>
DC Books to Prisons<p>Prison Banned Books Week takes place October 25-31, 2023. To learn about prison book bans, check out either of the following quick reads:</p><p>Article by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>guardian</span></a></span>: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/25/most-banned-books-list-us-prisons" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2023/oct</span><span class="invisible">/25/most-banned-books-list-us-prisons</span></a></p><p>Press release by PEN America: <a href="https://pen.org/press-release/new-pen-america-report-u-s-prisons-ban-staggering-numbers-of-books/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pen.org/press-release/new-pen-</span><span class="invisible">america-report-u-s-prisons-ban-staggering-numbers-of-books/</span></a></p><p>Have time for a longread? Check out PEN America's lengthy report: <a href="https://pen.org/report/reading-between-the-bars/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pen.org/report/reading-between</span><span class="invisible">-the-bars/</span></a></p><p>Want to read even more? Check out PEN's Prison Banned Books Week page, which includes links to a test and many articles: <a href="https://pen.org/campaign/prison-banned-books-week-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pen.org/campaign/prison-banned</span><span class="invisible">-books-week-2023/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/PrisonBannedBooksWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonBannedBooksWeek</span></a></p>
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