Prison officials have blamed books for being a vector for contraband smuggling: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/maryland-imposes-new-limits-o

Prison officials have blamed books for being a vector for contraband smuggling: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/maryland-imposes-new-limits-on-book-orders-for-prisoners/2018/05/24/7783c62e-5e90-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/maryland-... > Maryland prison officials are limiting access to books for thousands of inmates in state-run facilities in the latest effort to reduce drug smuggling. > ...Investigators uncovered 3,422 Suboxone strips during fiscal 2017 and 3,362 so far this fiscal year. However, officials could not say how many of those were concealed in books.