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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Reading and education in prison is not a 'right', it's a priviledge. These prisoners lost their rights when they were tried and convicted. It is completely within the authority of the state to limit or proscribe whatever reading material they feel is appropriate.
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Absolutely, but wouldn't you want prisoners to have access to reading materials and be able to further their education, if only to keep the rate of recidivism down? Sure some are going to abuse that knowledge, but isn't it in the people's best interest to provide criminals means to become productive members of society?
As for the OP...
Arbitrary blanket censorship of reading material make me nervous, whatever the venue and even if it is just a bunch of dirty pictures. How many 'rights' do we need to take away to reassure ourselves that prisoners are being punished?
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most prisoners are already painfully aware that they are in prison and, truth be told, I would rather have Bubba looking at a Playboy and rubbing one out than eyballing me when the lights go out if, god forbid, I should ever end up in prison.