"The Pennsylvania Department is Corrections is banning prisoners from receiving books. Instead, they can buy a $149 e-reader, and pay between $2-$29 for e-books of work largely in the public domain. There are no dictionaries available" (xposted from r/books)

http://cbldf.org/2018/09/new-draconian-policy-affects-books-mail-in-pa-prisons/