An investigation finds that some US penitentiaries hold fewer volumes than inmates

Video calls are the only way inmates can communicate with loved ones. The plaintiffs claim the Sheriff's Office receives up to 35% of the revenue generated by the calls.

Prison libraries are struggling to deliver resources and prepare incarcerated people to transition home. New federal legislation may change that.

The Alabama Solution, an Oscar-nominated documentary about the retaliatory violence and systemic repression faced by incarcerated organizers in Alabama, was created through the collaboration of incarc...

Seattle-based organization creates Nancy Duncan Huss Fund nine years after Whatcom County chapter went dormant

The policy will prohibit books, magazines, and other physical media from being sent directly to inmates.

A new policy at MDC removing paper books and paper letters from inmates is under scrutiny.

We need donations of paperback Native American nonfiction and fiction by Native American authors year-round. We're especially low right now. We're looking for fiction, biographies and memoirs by and a...

For-profit deals between prisons and private fast food companies force incarcerated people to pay for their own poor health

A Wisconsin woman is speaking out after a state prison warden refused to allow a book she purchased as a gift to reach an inmate, despite the book being shipped from an authorized vendor.

Panel: Banned Books: What’s the Story?Oct 19, Sunday, 2-4, pmSeattle Central Library, (Room: Level 4, Rm 1)1000 4th Avenue, Seattle MC: Anna Bálint. Panelists: Nancy Rawles, Rena PriestWe're co-sponso...

“Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” That's the theme the American Library Association and the Banned Books Coalition have chosen for Banned Books Week 2025. Their focus is on censorship in ...

The state of book bans and censorship in American prisons. Where and how advocates can change this rampant First Amendment violation.

Drug-soaked paper was smuggled into at least one Kansas prison, according to state officials, who cited the ordeal as the reason for changing print newspaper subscription policies.

Aug. 29—More than a month ago, the Metropolitan Detention Center confiscated personal possessions like books, letters and photos from inmates in an attempt to stem the flow of contraband in the jail —...

Once a crushing cost for families desperate to stay in touch with loved ones behind bars, phone calls will now be covered by the state.

For incarcerated people, books can bring hope and new understanding, prepare them for jobs on the outside or simply help pass the time. But they’re often hard to get.

The move will save the loved ones of the state’s more than 30,000 prisoners over $13 million a year, advocates say.

Today, more than 50,000 books are banned in prison. At Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, the book ban is getting to be ridiculous.

For many Canadians, reading a book is part of daily life — whether its for learning, entertainment or peace of mind. But in Saskatchewan's provincial jails, access to reading materials is far from gua...

MissionBooks to Prisoners (BTP) provides free books to individual prisoners across the United States. The organization's primary purposes are to aid and foster the literacy and self-education of all p...