Ethan Brown Confirms Snitch Banned in Prisons

After reading Nolan Strong's report at AllHipHop that Ethan Brown's Snitch: Informers, Cooperators & the Corruption of Justice had been banned by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, I dropped Ethan a note about the matter.

Mr. Strong quotes from what I assume is a letter to Ethan Brown from the BOP:

"'The publication has been rejected because it contains information about other Bureau of Prisons incarcerated individuals,' the letter stated. 'This information has been determined to be detrimental to the security, good order and discipline of the institution. Due to the reasons cited, the above-named publication is not suited for introduction into a correctional facility.'"

Ethan confirmed that "the word from the BOP official is that Snitch 'is not suited for introduction into a correctional facility'" and he stated:

"In Snitch I wrote about the history of the sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimums as well as specific cases involving on the record cooperation deals. So, Snitch isn't about 'exposing' informants or supporting the stop snitching ethos--therefore, I strongly disagree that the book is not appropriate for federal prisons."