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Families, friends barred from sending books to inmates in Iowa state prisons: report


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Incarcerated Americans retain their constitutional right to freedom of speech, which includes access to reading materials.
A new policy is restricting that access in Iowa state prisons in an attempt to fight contraband.
Critics say the policy will be cost prohibitive for some inmates and restrict their access to a wide variety of reading material.
A new Iowa state prison policy restricting inmates’ ability to access books has sparked an outcry from First Amendment defenders as well as friends, family and advocates, reports Iowa State Radio. 
While inmates retain the right to read books and magazines, the new policy requires the inmate to place the order themselves through an approved vendor, meaning that the transaction will be subject to a number of fees and taxes as are any transfers made to inmates’ accounts for this purpose.  ....

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Iowa State Prisons Ban Family Members, Third Parties From Sending Books To Inmates


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For people serving time, books have long been a means of education, self-actualization and connection.
Advocates are speaking out about a new policy banning family, friends and third parties from sending books to incarcerated Iowans, who must now buy books themselves and only from approved vendors.
Locked up in a cell for 23 hours a day at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Anji says one way her brother is coping is by reading a book a day.
“He s able to receive one book a day. And he s been trying to power through reading one book a day, basically,” she said. “This is going to put a huge damper on that just because of the fact of, if they re not working, they re not going to have the income. And they re going to have to rely on friends and family who are already stretched themselves.” ....

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