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| NOTHING LOOKS FAMILIAR Book Seized by Michigan Prison |
| By broadwayworld.com |
| Published: 06/01/2015 |
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A new book of literary short stories has been seized en route to a book reviewer in jail. Nothing Looks Familiar by Toronto author Shawn Syms was censored by the Michigan Department of Corrections because it alleged violates Policy Directive 05.03.118, which bars entry to materials that "may facilitate or encourage criminal activity." The story "Family Circus," about a woman plotting her escape from a drug-addicted fraud ring, includes a description of how to "wash" checks, removing the ink from them so they can be rewritten fraudulently. Book reviewer Curtis Dawkins, who writes for the literary journal BULL: Men's Fiction, is an inmate at the Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia MI. He was not allowed access to the book because it was deemed by a mailroom censor to be in violation of the policy directive, as it "may interfere with the rehabilitation of the prisoner." Read More. |
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