A new report from literary organisation PEN America has revealed an eyebrow-raising list of books banned in US prisons, including Spanish language guides and celebrity memoirs."The common concept underpinning the censorship we're seeing is that certain ideas and information are a threat," says the report's lead author, Moira Marquis, senior manager in the prison and justice writing department at PEN.Some states have banned instruction books for non-English languages, worried inmates will be able to then speak in front of guards who won't understand them.
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