Banned in the USA - PEN America

In this 2023 banned books update, PEN America recorded more book bans during the fall 2022 semester than in each of the prior two semesters.

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Sign Now: Protect incarcerated people’s right to read

“When the prison gates slam behind an inmate, he does not lose his human quality; his mind does not become closed to ideas; his intellect does not cease to feed on a free and open interchange of opinions; his yearning for self-respect does not end; nor is his quest for self-realization concluded. If anything, the needs for identity and self-respect are more compelling in the dehumanizing prison environment.” ―Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (Procunier v Martinez, 1974) Sign the petition and demand that the New York State corrections department uphold incarcerated people’s right to read by completely revoking Directive 4911A.