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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:25 PM Original message |
Inmates protest removal of religious books from prison library |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is unfortunate. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I didn't know prisoners had the constitutional right to read whatever they want in prison. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Actually.. They DO have the constitutional right to read... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Their rights are very limited, but they do have some. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. They just don't want them to think. They're turning them into slaves. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. And against dreaming, against hope. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. No, but that doesn't mean they have the right to read whatever they want. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Deleted sub-thread |
Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Prisoners can read Prison News Service, can't they? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I don't know, I've never been in prison. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. They don't. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Forget porno. What about the law library? |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That is something they are supposed to have access to. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. this article is about religious material, but I have heard the law books |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Yeah, you are right |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Yeah, because that's exactly what I said, right? |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Dude, |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Well you did reply to my original post... |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You are right. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My son is in prison and it's not just the religious books... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Actually, this is very sad. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. They can get books thru Amazon or corporate book stores. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. People have trouble donating, so I hear. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. What's he in prison for? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. How are they suppose to reduce their time if they can't read |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Pray tell, what's an "extremist Islamic tract"? |
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tchunter (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. islamophobia...? |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Bookaphobia! |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Has there been some directive to keep prisoners stupid? |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. That's what it seems like. It needs more investigation... |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Was it a privatized prison? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. And the bible was included? |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Apparently they are jerking Christian books too. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. I am an academic librarian, and right now am working on an article on access restriction for the |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I bet it's part of the whole new punitive approach to prisoners |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Aren't books with maps also restricted? |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I don't know Marshall, but I would think it might be smart from a security standpoint so to do. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. Very sad and disheartening. n/t |
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