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Censorship and Incarceration

While school districts and public libraries across the nation grapple with book challenges, the prison system faces a massive campaign to curtail intellectual freedom, as thousands of books are banned in prisons across the nation. With over 20,000 prohibited titles, Florida prisons lead the nation in number of books banned. The resources below contain detailed information about the state of censorship in prisons.

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