The New York Times reports Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries
Behind the walls of federal prisons nationwide, chaplains have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials that were once available to prisoners in chapel libraries.
The chaplains were directed by the Bureau of Prisons to clear the shelves of any books, tapes, CDs and videos that are not on a list of approved resources.
A tip of the hat to Philocrites.
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1 Bromo Ivory // Sep 20, 2007 at 9:23 am
Oh how awful! This is a classic case of bureaucratic bungling, and rights violations.
Though this does have shades of _A Clockwork Orange_ in it in a tangential way …
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