Iowa State Prisons Ban Family Members, Third Parties From Sending Books To Inmates
/ 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...
Source: iowapublicradio.org