- Sep 12, 2009
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By: ALEXANDRA SILVER
If you're a criminal who likes to read — and/or religious, but not Christian —
then the last place you want to be jailed in is Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
According to legal complaints, the only book, good or otherwise, that inmates
at the Berkeley County Detention Center can readily get their hands on is the
Bible. Granted, it's a bestseller, and there's a lot in those pages to keep one
occupied and even entertained — mind-bending seven-day creation of the
universe, violence, sex, walking on water, resurrection, etc. — but
sometimes you just want to read an Agatha Christie mystery. Or, if you're
Jewish, the Torah, in a copy without the extra testament. Of particular
interest to prisoners just might be reading material on prisoners' rights.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/14...all-books-except-for-the-bible/#ixzz1KCjS6Acj
If you're a criminal who likes to read — and/or religious, but not Christian —
then the last place you want to be jailed in is Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
According to legal complaints, the only book, good or otherwise, that inmates
at the Berkeley County Detention Center can readily get their hands on is the
Bible. Granted, it's a bestseller, and there's a lot in those pages to keep one
occupied and even entertained — mind-bending seven-day creation of the
universe, violence, sex, walking on water, resurrection, etc. — but
sometimes you just want to read an Agatha Christie mystery. Or, if you're
Jewish, the Torah, in a copy without the extra testament. Of particular
interest to prisoners just might be reading material on prisoners' rights.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/14...all-books-except-for-the-bible/#ixzz1KCjS6Acj