They Seem To Have Forgotten Where They Are...
Just a reminder my dear inmates, you aren't at summer camp. You are in prison. That means you read what you are told you can read. So shut up and be thankful we didn't empty the whole library.
It has also been recommended that worship areas and chapel classrooms be monitored by audio and video, and that inmate-led religious services be limited and have staff monitors present during the services. All jolly good ideas if you ask me.
Inmates File Suit After Prisons Ban Some Religious BooksThe order, by the way, affected all religions and inmates can bypass the prison libraries and order books on their own if they wish. Which if you ask me entirely defeats the purpose of removing the books.
NEW YORK — Inmates at the federal prison camp in Otisville, N.Y., were stunned by what they saw at the chapel library on Memorial Day — hundreds of books had disappeared from the shelves.
The removal of the books is occurring nationwide, part of a long-delayed, post-Sept. 11 federal directive intended to prevent radical religious texts, specifically Islamic ones, from falling into the hands of violent inmates.
It has also been recommended that worship areas and chapel classrooms be monitored by audio and video, and that inmate-led religious services be limited and have staff monitors present during the services. All jolly good ideas if you ask me.
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