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Missouri prisons ban friends and family from sending books to prisoners

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The Missouri Department of Corrections said the new policy is an attempt to reduce the influx of drugs and other contraband into prisons. The current policy requires books to be purchased from an approved vendor like Amazon and have them shipped directly to a prison. Advocates for Missouri prisoners said the policy will severely limit access to the outside world.

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Missouri prisons ban friends and family from sending books to prisoners

The policy comes more than a year after the Missouri Department of Corrections banned people from receiving paper mail in prison.

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kcur.org broke the news in 2 years ago on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.

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