California teaches inmates code; some states ban them from teaching themselves

Re:California teaches inmates code; some states ban them fro... by aaron-lebo on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:48PM (#15067253)

The nazi ban makes sense because of certain prison gangs.

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Re:California teaches inmates code; some states ban them fro... by triangleman on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:09PM (#15067433)

Maus is pretty strongly anti-nazi of course because it's told from the perspective of a Holocaust survivor. It would be like banning Schindler's List from a list of films available to prisons. Maybe it is banned in some places.

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Re:California teaches inmates code; some states ban them fro... by jrs95 on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:52PM (#15067777)

I don't think the availability of any Nazi related books would have any impact on the membership of prison gangs. People don't join them for ideological reasons.

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Re:California teaches inmates code; some states ban them fro... by oxguy3 on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:06PM (#15067406)

Yeah I mean I understand it, but like, those books are far from promoting Nazism in any way :P

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