This week, the government lifted the ban on sending books to prisoners in the UK. We ask former prisoners and relatives which titles they are planning to post to incarcerated friends and family – and why
Almost two years after the former justice secretary Chris Grayling banned prisoners from receiving parcels containing books, the ban has finally been lifted.
Writers flocked to join a campaign launched by the Howard League and English PEN, with Philip Pullman labelling the regulations “despicable”, and this week the final restrictions have been removed, leaving prisoners free to receive books direct from friends and family.
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