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N.J. prisons confiscate collection of prisoner poems and stories

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

N.J. prisons confiscate collection of prisoner poems and stories April 20, 2009 21:02PM by Chris Megerian/Statehouse Bureau In one New Jersey prison, a published collection of poems and prose penned by prisoners is in a lockup of its own while corrections authorities decide whether it is inflammatory. Author Kal Wagenheim, who taught creative writing to some of the state's most dangerous inmates for six years, collected his students' poems, short stories and essays into a soft-covered book that he published earlier this year. But when he tried to send copies of the book into the prison, a mailroom supervisor confiscated them because parts were considered inflammatory, Department of Corrections spokesman Matt Schuman said. "When you're dealing with prisons, safety and security are paramount," Schuman said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).