Why Are Prisons Banning Books?

It’s often said that “information is power,” but what happens when one of our most vulnerable communities is cut off from a vital sources of information? Earlier this year, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections effectively halted the work of a local nonprofit that has sent books to Wisconsin inmates for nearly 20 years. To find out why and what happens next, host Bianca Martin spoke with Wisconsin Books To Prisoners co-founder and director Camy Matthay.

Mentioned on the show

Wisconsin prisons restrict books and mail to keep drugs out, but some staff still bring drugs in [Wisconsin Watch]

Wisconsin escalates its long tradition of prison book-banning [Tone Madison]

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