Saxapahaw Prison Books
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Exciting news!!! @SenMarkey @SenPeterWelch @SenBrianSchatz and others are calling on the @BureauOfPrisons to report the books they ban! This would be an excellent first step. Read the letter: markey.senate.gov/news/press-rel…
The Horror: Just an everyday terror Submit your own (!) for our Halloween benefit: tinyurl.com/10minutehorror Benefit and screening is Friday, October 25th! Fortunes and other witchy stuff as well. youtu.be/5YPHUuIZUn8
Come read letters requesting books and select titles to mail to people inside! It's sooooooo much fun.
Make a movie! It can be scary or funny scary :) Just record em on your phone and drop em here: tinyurl.com/10minutehorror Do it by October 20th! Then come bask in the glow of your fame as we screen them October 25th at 411 South 5th St. in Williamsburg
The Appeal is seeking information on how Hurricane Helene is affecting incarcerated people and their loved ones. Please DM or email us at [email protected] if you're aware of imminent problems at jails or prisons in areas affected by the storm.
Think banning books in prison is reasonable? Think again. @AlwaysStevie breaks it down: wesa.fm/courts-justice…
Join us Monday evening at Carnegie Library to hear from @AlwaysStevie and @SaxapahawB about prison censorship and our movement's fight for the right to read. #prisonbannedbooksweek
Monday @AlwaysStevie and Moira Marquis talk about censorship inside and what you can do about it. In-person and online! Register here: events.cmu.edu/event/11079-bo… @CarnegieMellon @PGHPBP @whitewhalebks
Monday #prisonbannedbooksweek continues with @AlwaysStevie and Moira Marquis discussing prison censorship and what we can do to enable intellectual freedom behind bars. Join us in-person and virtual! Register here: events.cmu.edu/event/11079-bo… @CarnegieMellon @PGHPBP @whitewhalebks
A prison books program in Wisconsin is pushing back against the state's attempt to ban them tonemadison.com/articles/wisco…
🚨Wisconsin escalates its long tradition of prison book-banning by banning free books from Wisconsin Books to Prisoners. 🚨 Once more, vague claims about hypothetical drugs on paper are being used by a state DOC to limit access to information, raise costs. tonemadison.com/articles/wisco…
Listen to activist @WolfPatrolFilm talk about prison censorship with @prisonsbanbooks founder Moira Marquis tonight @buffalolibrary It's virtual: us02web.zoom.us/j/89016032148
A comprehensive report from @PrisonPolicy about the state of censorship behind bars, the tablet "solution," and the nation's largest book ban: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/09/1… #PrisonBannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans
Why can’t people inside prisons access education materials? Sign the petition today! prisonbannedbooksweek.org/#action #PrisonBannedBooksWeek
Single-state prison systems censor more books than all state schools and libraries combined. Sign the petition today! prisonbannedbooksweek.org/#action #PrisonBannedBooksWeek and #BooksNotBans
This week we are celebrating #PrisonBannedBooksWeek and hope you join us and @prisonsbanbooks! -Purchase a book for PPBP this week from @whitewhalebks @cityofasylum or from our wishlist tinyurl.com/5n7p6rmk ALL BOOKS ARE DOUBLED THIS WEEK!
Beat back the prison censorship regime - with some fire books and zines from our partners! Buy a book for someone behind bars and your donation will be matched! #PrisonBannedBooksWeek