By Reuven Blau
The state prison system’s new vendor program that forces visitors to
buy supplies from select online stores blocks a widely acclaimed charity
from mailing books to those behind bars.
The state Department of Corrections last month launched a pilot program
that requires family and friends to purchase items for locked up loved
ones from five online vendors.
Over the past several days, inmate advocates pointed out that the
vendors combined offered only five romance novels, 14 religious texts,
24 drawing or coloring books, 21 puzzle books, 11 how-to books, one
dictionary, and one thesaurus.
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Source: The New York Daily News (via Empire Report New York)
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