TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - April 21, 2009
Kal Wagenheim assembled the 187-page book, "Inside/Out: Voices
From New Jersey State Prison," after teaching writing at Trenton's
New Jersey State Prison. His students were inmates convicted of
murder, manslaughter and other serious crimes.
He says there's no harm in letting inmates read the fiction,
nonfiction and poetry.
But Corrections Department officials are troubled by references
to gang activity, drug use, assaults and murder.
Commissioner George Hayman says he does not have a timetable for
when he'll decide whether to allow the book.
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Information from: The Star-Ledger, http://www.nj.com/starledger
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