PEN America Responds to Texas Decision to Roll Back 'Approved Vendor' Policy in Prisons
October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023:
PEN America today welcomes the decision by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to roll back its recently promulgated "approved vendors" policy for books. The free expression and literary organization had strongly criticized the policy as censorious, due to its potential to limit books distributed in prisons.
Following an earlier statement, PEN America said policies . . .
PEN America today welcomes the decision by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to roll back its recently promulgated "approved vendors" policy for books. The free expression and literary organization had strongly criticized the policy as censorious, due to its potential to limit books distributed in prisons.
Following an earlier statement, PEN America said policies . . .