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Phil Banker
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons returned religious materials to prison chapel libraries after withering pressure from spiritual groups, civil libertarians and members of Congress.
The bureau removed the materials after a 2004 report said that certain religious books could incite violence in the prison population.
After the publication of the report, several Republican lawmakers, as well as liberal Christians and evangelical talk show hosts decried the government’s idea of acceptable religious books.
Even though the list of acceptable books will still be compiled, according to spokeswoman Judi Simon Garrett, the books will now remain on the shelves.
The bureau’s review of the religious texts will be complete by January 2008.
Links:
American Civil Liberties Union
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