"Iowa State Prisons Ban Family Members, Third Parties From Sending Books To Inmates"

May 1, 2021
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Iowa Public Radio cites Books to Prisoners and other advocates of incarcerated people's right to read, as well as friends and family members, on the harm caused by a new policy restricting sources of books for people in Iowa state prisons.

Iowa State Prisons Ban Family Members, Third Parties From Sending Books To Inmates, Iowa Public Radio, 4/29/21

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