{"id":659,"date":"2007-09-27T14:14:26","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T14:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/09\/religious-books-back-in-prison.html"},"modified":"2007-09-27T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T14:14:26","slug":"religious-books-back-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/09\/religious-books-back-in-prison.html","title":{"rendered":"Religious books back in prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"

After saying it was sticking by the policy to only allow “approved” religious books in prisons, it seems the government has changed its mind<\/a>:<\/p>\n

After the details of the removal became widely known this month, Republican lawmakers, liberal Christians and evangelical talk shows all criticized the government for creating a list of acceptable religious books.
\nThe bureau has not abandoned the idea of creating such lists, Judi Simon Garrett, a spokeswoman, said in an e-mail message. But rather than packing away everything while those lists were compiled, the religious materials will remain on the shelves, Ms. Garrett explained.
\nIn an e-mail message Wednesday, the bureau said: \u201cIn response to concerns expressed by members of several religious communities, the Bureau of Prisons has decided to alter its planned course of action with respect to the Chapel Library Project.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After saying it was sticking by the policy to only allow “approved” religious books in prisons, it seems the government has changed its mind: After the details of the removal became widely known this month, Republican lawmakers, liberal Christians and evangelical talk shows all criticized the government for creating a list of acceptable religious books.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-government"],"yoast_head":"\nReligious books back in prisons - J Walking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/09\/religious-books-back-in-prison.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Religious books back in prisons - 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