Beatrice speaks with Jessica Phoenix Sylvia about prison book bans, how simple it is for prison officials to administratively withhold basic needs, and the necessity of publishing incarcerated writers.

Jessica Phoenix Sylvia is an Empowerment Avenue social justice writer, abolition theorist, and community organizer. She is one of the contributors to the recently published book “The Press In Prison,” (Haymarket Books & Scalawag Media). She is currently working with the Study and Struggle program, and she is the author of a recent piece in PEN America called “Prison Book Bans, Protect Mass Incarceration.”

Mentioned in this episode:

https://www.empowermentave.com

https://pen.org/prison-book-bans-protect-mass-incarceration

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1993-the-press-in-prison

https://www.studyandstruggle.com

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