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Slavery is Model for US Prison Book-Banning
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
10 Sep 2019
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Although First Amendment guarantees of freedom of expression apply to prisoners, the “catch is that these rights can be restricted in the interest of security,” said Professor Brittany Friedman, a sociologist at Rutgers University. Slavery sought to perfect the imprisoning of both mind and body, said Friedman, and is a model for pervasive book banning in US prisons.

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