Thread: UK High Court rules that ban on sending books to prisoners is unlawful
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Old 12-16-2014, 02:33 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30344867

The ban was introduced last year because apparently books are commonly used as a method of smuggling drugs into prisons.
This obviously assumes that the ban was based on more than some political posturing of the "we are tough on criminals" kind.
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