Illinois’s physical mail ban has made it even more difficult to access books in prison.

Books are a big part of prison culture: You have to whittle away the hours in a place like this, and many of us do that by reading, discussing, and sharing books between each other. The hardest part is actually accessing the books. The Illinois Department of Corrections has always restricted which books and magazines […]
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