Starting Feb. 1, the Policy Bans Families, Publishers, and Faith Groups From Sending Reading Material to Incarcerated People in Arkansas
Arkansas is preparing to enforce what advocates are calling the most sweeping restriction on prison reading material in the country, cutting off all books, magazines, and newspapers sent from outside sources to people incarcerated in state facilities.
Beginning Feb. 1, families, publishers, faith organizations, and nonprofits will no longer be allowed to mail reading materials into Arkansas prisons, ending a long-standing practice that many consider essential to education, rehabilitation, and maintaining human connection behind bars…