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Amidst mounting pressure from Congress, civil liberties and religious organizations, the Bureau of Prisons has reversed its decision to remove what it had determined to be unapproved religious books: The bureau had said it was prompted to remove the materials after a 2004 Department of Justice report mentioned that religious books that incite violence could [...]

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In a second New York Times article, Laurie Goodstein reports that there is mounting outrage from religious organizations and elected officials across the political spectrum over the federal Bureau of Prison’s decision to remove selected religious books from prison libraries. The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of some of the most conservative Republicans in the [...]

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