Sharing Books with My Dad in Prison

Standing in the dusty basement of Freebird after packing up dozens of books bound for Texas—which operates one of the toughest book policies in the country—I ask Beena Ahmed, a Books Through Bars NYC coordinator, why she thinks prison authorities resist efforts to improve access. Undoubtedly, these private vendors would benefit from any policy that forced the prison population to only procure books through their services. Access to books in prison isn’t the only problem; censorship is broad and the motives for banning books arbitrary.

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