http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-prison-books-20110720,0,2715842.storyMaryland corrections officials made the right call today when they lifted the ban on a book written by a inmate Marshall "Eddie" Conway, but the troublesome — and almost certainly unconstitutional — policies that led to the banning in the first place remain. The book "Marshall Law —The Life & Times of a Baltimore Black Panther," is no longer prohibited reading at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown, but the prison system is sticking by its assertion that it can restrict inmates' speech rights beyond what is necessary to maintain security.
It's so convenient to ignore what is happening to our prison populations, because after-all our own "virtues" give us the "right" to say . . .
THEY deserve it! . . . :sarcasm:
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