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‘It’s Heartbreaking’ Authors Criticize Removal Of 200 Books From An Illinois Prison Library
Last week, Illinois Newsroom reported on the removal of more than 200 books from the shelves of a college in prison program’s library inside the Danville Correctional Center in east-central Illinois. Several authors and editors of books that were removed from the EJP library agreed to speak to Illinois Newsroom.