Prison book programs have been sending free books to Texas prisons for years, but recently, they've been told they're no longer allowed to under a Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy they say they've never heard of before.
A returned package sent from Seattle-based Books to Prisoners to an inmate in Texas. A name and address have been covered for privacy.
The organization said they contacted a TDCJ representative, who told them they'd have to reapply for vendor status, but gave no reason why. state the department can reject content that depicts sexual behavior that violates the law, including"rape, incest, sex with a minor, bestiality, necrophilia or bondage" or contains sexually explicit images.in a press release Tuesday.
"It's just hard to fathom, given that there is so little evidence — so little evidence — to suggest that we are part of a contraband problem that any state would want to restrict access to educational or vocational materials," Chan said.
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