A British High Court justice has 'struck down a ban on sending books to prisoners', as reported by the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/world/europe/british-judge-lifts-restriction-on-books-in-prison.html A number of writers, poets and human rights advocates have been pressing for the right of prisoners to buy books from the 'outside world'. Apparently the prison service had supported access to books, but only through … Continue reading Books and the Internet in Prisons: Beyond the Right to Read