Arizona banned a book about incarceration. What does that tell us about the state's mindset on criminal justice?
This July 23, 2014, file photo shows a state prison in Florence, Ariz. A book that discusses the impact of the criminal justice system on black men is being kept out of the hands of Arizona prison inmates.
Arizona officials are under fire from prisoners' rights activists after their decision to ban a book about problems in the criminal justice decision from prisons in the state., NPR reports, because it contains"unauthorized content." The Arizona Department of Corrections confirmed the ban to the book's publisher, the New Press, saying the book might be"detrimental to the safe, secure and orderly operation" of Arizona prisons.
"To prohibit prisoners from reading a book about race and the criminal legal system is not only misguided and harmful, but also violates the right to free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S.Constitution and the analogous right under Article 2, Section 6 of the Arizona Constitution," the ACLU wrote.department will review the bookSykes told NPR that the ACLU is prepared to sue the corrections department if the ban on"Chokehold" isn't lifted.
"It is unconstitutional to ban a book just because the government doesn't like its policy proposals," Sykes said."This is a classic First Amendment violation."
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