Campaign Against Prison Censorship And Book Banning Lorenzo Komboa Ervin by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin, Jonina Abron-ervin, Wayland “x” Coleman, Steven J. Levy instant download after payment.

Hundreds of thousands of books, magazines and other materials are currently banned in prisons. Simultaneously many prison systems are increasing their grip over correspondence, seeking to block physical mail altogether and replace it with scans or tablet based messaging; both of which are tools facilitating surveillance and control. These moves are similar to what is going down with oppressive legislatures, school districts, and mainstream media throttling what can be taught, read, and discussed.
At the moment, efforts to push back against censorship and book banning are disconnected and uncoordinated; from one author somewhere suing to get their book in, to someone locked up over their filing a grievance against a mailroom block. Of course, there are many groups already resisting, involved in their own locally situated struggles. The basic idea encouraged by this zine is to connect these different struggles together into a stronger constellation of abolitionist insurgency. Some contributors also touch on the link between book bans in prison and the escalation of racist, homophobic, and transphobic bans by other state institutions, including schools and libraries. Three of the contributors listed by name are currently imprisoned.