Free Speech Banned In Otisville, N.Y
IN prison your body is free. And neither is your mind:
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.
Next they’ll be piping musak into the cells…
Posted: 11th, June 2007 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink