Prisons Purge Books on Faith From Libraries - New York Times

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Prisons Purge Books on Faith From Libraries - New York Times

“It’s swatting a fly with a sledgehammer,” said Mark Earley, president of Prison Fellowship, a Christian group. “There’s no need to get rid of literally hundreds of thousands of books that are fine simply because you have a problem with an isolated book or piece of literature that presents extremism.”


There is still a lot of religious titles available -- 150 from each of 20 religions. The Bible is still there.

Eight titles from C.S. Lewis are in; all Robert Schuller are out.

150 titles seem generous, but to inmates with years served and years to go it's not.

It is meant to weed out extremist religious material. Prisons evidentally have become a fertile
ground for Muslim extremism.

As with so much with this "War on Terrorism", the liberties of many are being sacraficed in an effort to possibly prevent the evil deeds of a few.