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Are Books in Prison Dangerous?

Are Books in Prison Dangerous?

On The Record

June 7, 201825m 31sExplicit

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Show Notes

Maryland’s prisons have clamped how on where inmates can acquire books--they can now can order from just two limited vendors. The department of corrections says books from other sources can be used to smuggle drugs, and that can fuel violence behind bars. We ask Sonia Kumar, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, why ACLU-MD contends the new restrictions violate the First Amendment.Then we talk to Glennor Shirley about her two decades running libraries in Maryland’s prisons and how she viewed her responsibility to her patrons.Here is the letter sent by ACLU-MD to DPSCSCheck out the Ear Hustle podcast here

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