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Think about what is being said here. It must be pretty bad inside the wire to want to ban religious books for inmates with time to do. Why would prison officials desire such action and intervention? Because jails like society are out of control in terms of liberal theology. Jail by nature is supposed to be structured where enforcement of the sanctions of the court can be imposed upon those found guilty.

The sad fact is that nothing or nearly nothing is deprived from prisoners. The prisoners are nothing more than warehoused human beings. Rehabilitation failed some time ago as witnessed by the 86% recidivism rate. A movie line "Some men just cannot be reached" rings more truth in these times than ever.

In most cases they have better living conditions than you and I. They have three hots and a cot, a job, a private gym (for inmates only), and they attend church if they want. Further, because the federal government is responsible for them while they are in "Time-Out" from society, should the need arise, they will get that medical organ transplant before you or I because as we all know the government is good for the money; whereas you and I, not so much.

So to the point should federal prisons ban religious books. Yes. Because the books in question are not ORTHODOX beliefs, rather radical, extremist, rhetoric designed to take the weakest of men and turn them against the institutions that made this country great. They refute all noble teachings of religion, education, and society in favor of twisted views of genocide,homicide,and suicide.

There is a glimmer of hope in this religious reformation within federal prisons; faith based incarceration. Those prisoners demonstrating remorse can be housed in faith based prisons together while practicing all aspects of their faith. These programs are effective as it requires the prisoner to embrace the fundamental, Orthodox, Christian beliefs and values that this country was founded upon, including forgiving thy fellow man regardless of circumstances.

Finally, You and I cannot determine when or if an man will change the mind that got him incarcerated, but we can try to prevent him from becoming a worse, radical, extremist bent on destroying our society's way of life before he is released back to our community. So banning religious books is necessary and prudent prevention in this time of religious reformation in federal prisons.

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