By: Danielle Reeves, Staff Writer While access to books is growing in accessibility for the public, prisons continue to ban books, restricting access to the content of their choosing. Some book bans secure the safety of the prison and the inmates, while others are banned for unknown reasons. Across the […]
Photo courtesy of https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-2-k-paynter-curran-fromhold-correctional-facility-4.jpg By: Felicia Dusha, Staff Writer Over the past few months, The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported shockingly inhumane conditions in Philadelphia’s prisons.[1] This year alone, 14 people in Philadelphia prisons have died.[2] People are locked in cells for sometimes 22 or 23 hours a day, experience delays […]
