No Porn=Cruel And Unusual Punishment?

[MrsSpringsteen]

LANSING (WWJ) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and the state of Michigan are the target of a lawsuit filed by a Macomb County inmate.

Twenty-one-year-old Kyle Richards claims cruel and unusual punishment because the Macomb County Jail does not allow inmates to possess pornographic materials.

In a handwritten lawsuit, Richards claims his civil rights are being violated. He says denying his request for erotic material subjects him to a “poor standard of living” and “sexual and sensory deprivation.”

The Michigan Department of Corrections says that prisons allow some pornographic material, though it’s banned at the jail. The American Civil Liberties Union says prisons have a lot of leeway.

Richards was charged with bank robbery after police followed a trail of snowy footprints and dropped money to his apartment from a bank robbery scene in January in Fraser.

There’s been no comment on the lawsuit from the governor’s office.

 

[Liesje]

Maybe he should just plead guilty to his charges and go to prison so he can have his porn.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I don't think civil rights include porn

I don't think even Sarah Palin thinks that's in The Constitution

 

[financeguy]

Well, for a 21 year old male, maybe denial of pron is cruel and unusual punishment!

 

[Jive Turkey]

For some, cruel and unusual punishment is a type of porn

 

[financeguy]

For some, cruel and unusual punishment is a type of porn

Well, indeed (bottom post, page 1):

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f199/murdoch-empire-in-crisis-211469.html

Being forced to read the News of the World constitutes cruel and unusual punishment to me!

 

[bonocomet]

He left a trail of snowy footprints and dropped money to his apartment?

 

[INDY500]

Surely some activist judge can find an hitherto undiscovered "right" to porn in the Constitution. Shop around Kyle.

 

[deep]

if he were asking for religious materials, I am sure he would have many more defenders

 

[Jive Turkey]

I actually think that's an interesting point, deep.

What say you, FYM?

 

[Liesje]

I say, same diff. He'd probably have access to religious materials in prison eventually. Personally I don't have a problem with inmates somehow "earning" religious stuff or even porn I suppose. In jail, not so much.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I like your consistency

 

[AchtungBono]

Here's a serious question...

I assume he wants the porn in order to gratify himself......If that's so, why does he need porn? aren't fantasies and imagination enough? This way he can be alone with himself and not have to run the risk of having materials confiscated, etc.

 

[Pearl]

Ehm, he's a guy? 21 years old? What guy at that age doesn't rely on porn to get off?

 

[cobl04]

 

[Popmartijn]

He won't vote for Michelle Bachman then. Bachmann Signs Pledge for Ban on Porn and Same-Sex Marriage - The Note

 

[Dfit00]

Guys on any age should quit the habit and look for real action instead; nothing is impossible.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Spoken like a true faux-macho teenager

 

[Liesje]

I like your consistency

I see it as more about what realistic in jail vs. prison than porn vs. religious materials.

 

[cobl04]

Spoken like a true faux-macho teenager

 

[coolian2]

Spoken like a true faux-macho teenager

spoken like someone who gets to see a fair bit of ass in high school, but doesn't actually get any of it*.


(spoken like someone who also didn't, btw)

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

if he were asking for religious materials, I am sure he would have many more defenders

Every thread always somehow comes back to religion for you. Anyway..I don't think it's cruel and unusual punishment to be denied religious materials either. That is something that you should be able to practice without materials-just like you don't have to go to church, services, etc to be religious. It's in your heart, in your attitude, in your thinking. But they do have religious services and materials in prisons-just like they have Playboy or whatever porn they have in some of them. Different strokes for different folks, so to speak.

Just like he can use his imagination, etc for his sexual needs. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time without porn.

 

[deep]

Every thread always somehow comes back to religion for you.

I had my assistant check

he says your statement is not correct.

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1157111

 

[BluRmGrl]

"Men's magazines" are a nuisance in custody situations. They can be used as a form of currency, which encourages bartering/trading & that's a security issue. They encourage behavior that is disallowed by the prison system (masturbation, specifically). They can cause fights based on supply & demand (you have a supply & I demand part of it). They just open several Pandora's boxes of problems that prisons don't need & I would assume jails have a similar view on the issue. As for the religious comparison, sure people can fight over religious beliefs, too, but they're less likely to fight over getting a chance to look at each others illustrated Bibles than they are to fight over a peek of some T&A.

 

[INDY500]

Might still be some free porn at @RepWeiner.

 

[Jive Turkey]

behavior that is disallowed by the prison system (masturbation, specifically).

What? This can't be true

 

[AchtungBono]

I had my assistant check

he says your statement is not correct.

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/search.php?searchid=1157111

ROFLMAO!!!!
Thanks for making my day Deep......

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I had my assistant check
he says your statement is not correct.

Well I had my assistant check and He says it is

 

[yolland]

 

[BluRmGrl]

What? This can't be true

I can't speak for all, but it's a disciplinary offense in the NC prison system.