WHAT DID—AND DIDN’T—GET PAST TEXAS PRISON MAILROOM CENSORS LAST YEAR
Banned: United States: An Illustrated History (racial content)
Approved: The Hitler We Loved and Why
Banned: Electrician’s Exam Study Guide (security concerns)
Approved: Viet Cong and nva Tunnels and Fortifications of the Vietnam War
Banned: Wilderness Survival (could be used to facilitate an escape)
Approved: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Banned: Good Housekeeping, August 2007 (criminal schemes)
Approved: Mafia Fix
Banned: Texas Hill Country, Spring/Summer 2007 (map)
Approved: Texas Travel Guide 2007
Banned: Spiritual Tattoo (sexually explicit images, tattoo making)
Approved: The Tattoo History Source Book
Banned: The Administratrix (female homosexuality)
Approved: Skin Deep: Real-Life Lesbian Sex Stories
Banned: Mother Jones, Sept/Oct 2007 (nude child…in a story on mining dangers)
Approved: Letters to Penthouse XXVIII
The Mojo Prison Guide Menu
- What Do Prisoners Make for Victoria’s Secret?
- Where Does $49,000 Go For Each Inmate?
- Which Works Better Behind Bars, Scuba or Buddha?
- How ex-felons are kept on society’s margins
- Lose your ID, go to jail.
