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Re:The American prison system’s war on reading by jdjdjrj on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @10:04PM (#29400193)
Supreme court has upheld that some things can be banned if they are in the interest of maintaining the security of a detention facility. Inmates shouldn't be receiving books on how to make bombs for instance.
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Re:The American prison system’s war on reading by ohyeshedid on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @12:22AM (#29400971)
More than books on how to make bombs have been banned.[0]

[0] https://www.bookstoprisoners.net/banned-book-lists/

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Re:The American prison system’s war on reading by jdjdjrj on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @07:19AM (#29402994)
And? My one example is not an exhaustive list, summary, or assessment.

This still does not equate to a ban on books as you have represented.

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