Curtis denied books in Spanish
1989Amanda Chapman 1989-06Read it in the scan (PDF at ETOL), page 14 →
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Where To Find Us Baltimore Cloveland Minnoapolis P.O. Box 16005 P.O. Box 6151 P.O. Box 14087 P.O. Box 1046 GMF Now York SOCALIST ACTION JUNE 1989 15 Baltimore, MD 21218 Boston Boston, MA 02205 (617) 497-0230 Chicago P.O. Box 578428 Chicago, IL 60657 (312) 327-5752 CincInnati P.O. Box 21015 Cincinnati. OH 45219 (513) 272-2596 Cleveland, OH 44101 (216) 429-2167 Detrolt P.O. Box 32546 Detroit, MI 48232 Los Angelos P.O. Box 862014 Los Angeles, CA 90086-2014 (213) 250-4608 For information ir cities call 415-82 Dinkeytown Station Minneapolis, MN 55414 P.O. Box 20209 Ca. Finance 693 Columbus Ave.
Now York, N.Y. 10025 San Francisco 3435 Army St., Suite 308 San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 821-0458 Santa Barbara P.O. Box 90644 Santa Barbara, CA 93190 (805) 962-4011 Mark Curtis, a member of the Socialist Workers Party, is serving 25 years at the Iowa State Men's Reformatory on trumped-up charges of rape and burglary. At the time of his arrest, he was involved in defending co-workers against deportation by the INS.
Recently, prison officials denied Curtis further access to literature in any language other than English. This was done after Curtis requested a Spanish-language dictionary and a book of Spanish verbs.
Later, prison administrators generalized the ban to include all prisoners, effectively instituting an "English only" policy for written materials. The prison administration claimed that non-English-language materials would pose a "security problem."
Prior to the ban, there had been no language restrictions on literature. The prison library included Spanish-language materials. For many inmates, English is their second language.
Curtis and his fellow inmates are also denied the right to share literature that is not from the prison library. These restrictions should be opposed by all supporters of democratic rights.
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