I'm an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison and am on a yard that's been on lockdown off and on for approximately 4 years. Therefore I'm unable to get to the library here. I've read every "floater" here. I would be very grateful for any soft back books you could send. Anything you send will be read and reread by many inmates.
- a prisoner in California, March 2006
MIM responds: This is just one of many requests we receive daily from prisoners across the country who have virtually no access to reading materials. Even those prisoners who can get to the prison library find very limited selection and usually only trash novels. MIM sends political literature to prisoners and for this service, the prisons frequently censor MIM. Books and magazines we sent in are rejected for a variety of premises that usually boil down to threatening the security of the prison. The idea that education is dangerous in prison is perpetuated by people who have a strong interest in continuing the revolving doors of prisons where people leave with fewer options than they had coming in. Support MIM's books for prisoners program - donate money or books. Contact us at the address on page 2.