Oregon prisons ban dozens of technology and programming books over security concerns

(Salem Reporter file)

Oregon’s Department of Corrections has banned dozens of introductory technology and coding books from state prisons over security concerns.

The banned titles include “Windows 10 for Dummies,” “Python Programming For Beginners” and “Blockchain Revolution,” a narrative explaining how blockchain technology works and its application in finance, business, computing and elections.

Those books make up a small proportion of the 1,600 book titles banned from Oregon prisons, according to a list supplied…