Censorship Survey Results

2025 Censorship Update - Survey Results

Are you allowed to share books or literature? Comments on sharing?

Yes: 58%     No: 42%
"No. No book to the yard!? SMH!"
IL/Wicc
"No. Nothing allowed in the yard and sharing books is considered traficking here."
NBCI
"No. To share books is considered trafficking"
Indiana/ IYC
"Yes. "
IN 46168
"N/A. We dont have yard no more. We are lock 24/7"
Cook County Jail
"Yes. I am in protective custody and do not have access to the yard so I dont know"
CCDOC/IL
"Yes. Except at times staff abuse power & stop us."
llinois, USP-Marion
"N/A. I never get to the yard. I have no idea if sharing is allowed"
IL, Hill corrctr
"Yes. "
USP Marion
"Yes. Bringing books and other literature to the yard depends on the officer."
Cook County Jail
"No. Incarcerated individuals in Westville control Unit Restrictive Housing and at other I.D.O.C Facilities are punished with conduct reports of trafficking if caught sharing books or magazines."
Westville Correctional Facility
"Yes. Yes, It's pretty decent at USP-Beaumont with things like that."
USP-Beaumont
"Yes. I have. We should be "allowed" but in max prisons its different than med & min."
IL Menard Doc
"Yes. N/A"
Dixon. C.C
"N/A. Somewhat. Not much is allowed on the yard, but we don't see the yard much. Lot's of lockdowns."
USP-Coleman I
"No. Yes - informally - Formally we cannot give another prisoners anything."
Elkton FCI
"N/A. We cannot bring them to the yard. In Menard Cor. Ctr. I was threatened with a STG ticket for bringing RPG books to the yard."
Pinckneyville Correctional Center
"Yes. We are not allowed to bring books to the yard, but we can share books with each other (although doing so is against the rules)"
Menard CC IL
"No. "
CCDOC
"N/A. You can carry books anywhere."
Federal Satellite Low Elkton
"No. We will get a ticket."
Pinckneyville Prison Facility
"Yes. Books to yard, no. Yes, we can share books."
Big Muddy River CC IL
"No. Not allowed to share anything, big rule. No loaning and borrowing allowed."
North Dakota State Penitentiary
"Yes. Yes, we can share."
Big Muddy River CC IL
"No. No No No No No No No"
Big Muddy River CC IL
"No. They don't allow it, but you know how we get down."
Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, IN
"N/A. "
N/A
"N/A. Maybe inmates are allowed to bring books outside. I study inside my cell. Not recently as noise distraction happens frequently. So I study at night with dim light/magnifcation lens."
N/A
"No. Technically speaking you can bring books to the yeard but if magazines or books have another offender's name on his property that means you are committing a major rule violation. "unathorized possession""
Indiana/ISF
"No. If we do and staff finds the book/literature, they take it and most times throw it away."
IL, Marlor
"No. "
I.S.P
"No. Got attacked with chemicals and by C.O's my books were destroyed on purpose"
Clifford Clark
"Yes. Yes you can bring books to yard, Im allowed to share literature."
PA-Rockview
"Yes. We are allowed to share knowledge. But theres no one here that is like that. Just pill poppers."
Dixon-Illinois
"Yes. Yes, very liberal with this"
FCI Pekin
"No. Can bring to yard however we cannot share books because "unauthorized transfer of property" and they throw them out if found in others possessions."
WIDOC Taycheedah
"No. We are not allowed to share books for some odd reason"
WI Oshkosh
"No. No, but you can donate materials to the library if they are allowed and you can actually get there."
WI Stanley Correctional
"No. WCI only allows legal and religious items to be brought to the rec areas."
WIDOC Waupun
"Yes. Yes, we can share books, but we have a small rooftop we go to, no yard here."
MCC Chicago
"Yes. Yes, and I do share tyhem with those that are law minded and not doing drugs."
Indiana Pendleton
"Yes. Yes on occasion and without too much feedback"
Indiana, Westville
"Yes. Yes, we are when they do not close recreation/yard for a period of time for inmate population reprimand."
FCI Butner
"Yes. It varies by the mood of the cop on duty. NORMALLY it is OK"
USP Marion
"No. I would not do that. It's a recipe for going to the box."
WI/JCI
"Yes. Yes, we can sit under the sun and read"
FCI Petersburg
"Yes. "
WIDOC
"No. Yes we are allowed yo bring stuff to the yard, no we are not allowed [to share books] as that is considered trading and trafficking, a low level offense."
NCCF