There is no better way to while away five-to-life than with a good book. Gandhi in his autobiography wrote that he did his best studying in the pokey. It's no surprise that books are a big deal in the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Two New Mexico state prison inmates are suing the New Mexico Corrections Department, arguing that current policies amount to an unconstitutional ban on books and other reading ...

"I am very thankful for your program and organization doing this for us in our darkest time when everyone else has given up on us," Jaime, an individual incarcerated near Gainesville wrote. Little ...

SPARTANBURG — South Carolina inmates used to represent a large chunk of those receiving free publications from Asheville Prison Books, which sends hundreds of free titles most months to incarcerated ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Update: On Jan. 27, Rand Champion said the policy will no longer go into effect in February. There is an Administrative Rule that needs to be updated before it is implemented. He did ...

A proposed Arkansas Division of Correction policy prohibiting mailing books and other physical reading material to state inmates was originally intended to go into effect yesterday, but has been ...

This article, written by Rafael Ciscati, was originally published on the Brasil de Direitos website on July 3, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices under a partnership agreement. It ...