rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/sign-now-protect-incarcerated-peoples-right-to-read?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-sign-now-protect-incarcerated-peoples-right-to-read' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Daily Kos https://actionnetwork.org/groups/dailykos-actions https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg “When the prison gates slam behind an inmate, he does not lose his human quality; his mind does not become closed to ideas; his intellect does not cease to feed on a free and open interchange of opinions; his yearning for self-respect does not end; nor is his quest for self-realization concluded. If anything, the needs for identity and self-respect are more compelling in the dehumanizing prison environment.” ―Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (Procunier v Martinez, 1974) Sign the petition and demand that the New York State corrections department uphold incarcerated people’s right to read by completely revoking Directive 4911A. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-now-protect-incarcerated-peoples-right-to-read