but I think the part that made me laugh was the specific reasons."īlakinger says since the release of her book, she's received letters from inmates across the country who say her words have given them hope. Florida is one of the states that has an extensive banned book list, and it's pretty easy to end up on that list. "I was almost surprised that this didn't happen sooner. It's about someone who was doing drugs, got sober, and carved out a new life," said Blakinger. My book is literally about rehabilitation. A notice of rejection or impoundment of publications from the Florida Department of Corrections shows Blakinger's book is being reviewed and accused of being inflammatory and a threat to the security or rehabilitative objectives of the correctional system. Currently, she lives in Texas.She was first alerted by the Prison Book Program out of Massachusetts that her memoir wasn't being allowed inside the Okaloosa Correctional Institution in Florida. Two years later, she wrote a piece for the Washington Post Magazine's Prison Issue, which won a National Magazine Award. She was part of the Houston Chronicle team whose coverage of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Before coming to TMP, she covered prisons and prosecutors for The Houston Chronicle and her work has also appeared in VICE, the BBC, the New York Daily News, The New York Times and more. Her work focuses on uncovering the worst parts of American prisons, and exposing flaws in the county's criminal justice system. In her day job, she is a staff writer at The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news site dedicated to covering the criminal jutice sustem. Two years later, she wrote a piece for the W Keri Blakinger is the author of Corrections in Ink, a memoir about addiction, incarceration and building a life after it all. Keri Blakinger is the author of Corrections in Ink, a memoir about addiction, incarceration and building a life after it all.
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