The Huffington Post discusses it.
From the story...
Other books available in the prison system include Ann Rule's "If You Really Loved Me," about the real-life manipulation of a 14-year-old into murdering her mother, and "Along Came a Spider," a novel about a psychopath who kidnaps and kills children of prominent people. The AP obtained lists of prison library holdings under the state's Freedom of Information Act.
State Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, whose district includes six state prisons, said he will ask that "In Cold Blood" and other true crime or graphically violent books be removed from prison libraries.
"There are so many books in the world, and I don't think inmates need to be reading about murder, whether it's fiction or nonfiction," he said. "One would hate to think that Mr. Hayes read this book for hours and hours and hours and thought about it for days and days and days and hatched his plan for what took place in Cheshire."
If the department does not remove the books, he said, he will introduce legislation to force them.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut said it would oppose any such ban.
"This is yet another case of politicians scapegoating expression as the cause of serious violent crime," said ACLU attorney David McGuire.
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