Contraband will continue flowing into prisons the same way it has since they were first built: smuggled in by enterprising staff.
This is a move to push incarcerated people into expensive alternatives like digital tablets to read scanned letters.
Prisons across the U.S. are rejecting books because they argue that they could contain dangerous substances.
But experts say these crackdowns do little to prevent contraband from spreading behind bars.
Many Prisons Restrict Books to Stop Drug Smuggling. Critics Say It Doesn’t Work.
Battling an overdose crisis, more prisons are blocking books based on the sender or packaging. Free speech advocates call it a de facto book ban.
