A reporter's memoir of her jail time gets banned in Florida prisons
NPR, October 28, 2022: A reporter's memoir of her jail time gets banned in Florida prisons
“When an author's book gets banned or confiscated, one might imagine that the writer might be frustrated, or even angry.
“But when Keri Blakinger received word that the Florida state prison system placed her book, Corrections in Ink, on a temporary ban, she tweeted, ‘Honestly, I AM SO PROUD.’
“Blakinger, who is a journalist covering prisons for The Marshall Project, was really responding tongue-in-cheek — an ironic response to a truly head-scratching situation.
“‘It's kind of hilarious that the prison system — now that I am rehabilitated and doing good things in the world — says that my writing is dangerously inflammatory,’ she told NPR. ‘I also think it's absurd that one of the reasons for the ban was that the book presents “a threat to the security, order or rehabilitative objectives of the correctional system.” The book is literally a story about rehabilitation.’”
Additional reading:
Corrections in Ink: A Memoir by Kari Blakinger on bookshop.org
Vulture, June 7, 2022: A Memoir of Prison Time, Delivered With a Note of Apology
