Inmates challenge Hustler, Playboy ban

**voivod** · 07.13.06, 05:04 AM

Inmates challenge Hustler, Playboy ban

Two inmates are suing Indiana because of a policy that bans graphic magazines, such as Playboy, Penthouse or Hustler.

The state Department of Corrections put a policy in place July 1 that bans sexually explicit letters and general-circulation publications. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, is on behalf of more than 20,000 state prisoners.

The policy is so broad that it bans personal letters between prisoners and loved ones, and much of the world's great art and literature, the inmates claim.

The policy states that It is intended to ensure the safety and security of the offenders and the facilities as they maintain contact with people in the community through correspondence, printed material and packages.

"The ban is for graphic description, rather than word description," Department of Corrections attorney Bob Bugher said.

Ernest Tope, 53, is serving a life sentence in Pendleton for murder, and Wade Meisberger, 34, is serving time in Miami for murder and auto theft.

"They are challenging the new policy through the prison grievance system, but they have not been successful," said Ken Falk, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union in Indiana.

Department of Corrections spokeswoman Java Ahmed said that the agency has not received a copy of the lawsuit.

"We don't have any current plans to make any changes," Ahmed said. "If throughout the process the court says it's constitutionally inappropriate, we would do so, but we don't think it's unconstitutional."

**Limecuda** · 07.13.06, 08:15 AM

Here's a thought.....you two bastards are in prison.

They can talk about rights being violated until they are dead. Unfortunately they didn't give two shits about the rights of their victims to live.

**sixstring** · 07.13.06, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Limecuda

Here's a thought.....you two bastards are in prison.

They can talk about rights being violated until they are dead. Unfortunately they didn't give two shits about the rights of their victims to live.

EXACTLY.

**billy007** · 07.13.06, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Limecuda

Here's a thought.....you two bastards are in prison.

They can talk about rights being violated until they are dead. Unfortunately they didn't give two shits about the rights of their victims to live.

C'Mon now, you know the ACLU won't let a little fact like that get in the way of sticking up for these poor, violated scumbags.

**I'm_your_IceCreamMan** · 07.13.06, 10:55 AM

Fuck them. Fry them in the chair and slap the playboy on their lap while they're sizzling.

**Viking** · 07.13.06, 11:05 AM

Fucking ACLU, I hate the bastards! I'm in agreement with you all here. These guys didn't give two shits about anybodys rights which is why they are in the slammer. If you weren't such fuckups, then you wouldn't be in prison, and you could look at all the jerkoff material you wanted.

**Junior** · 07.13.06, 11:19 AM

Welcome to Fucked; Population: You

If you wanted the freedom to jack off, you probably shouldn't have killed that guy. What do you need a dick for anyway? Just be content in the fact that we can't castrate your asses.

**Viking** · 07.13.06, 11:24 AM

Here's an idea: Give them all the porn they want, Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler, etc., along with porn on cable broadcast 24/7, but make them wear something over their penises so they can't masturbate. Wouldn't that be interesting?

**Axxman300** · 07.13.06, 06:19 PM

I think porn should be an incentive, you know, good behavior/model prisoner stuff. Anything that can make a prison guard's day easier and quiter I'd support. If the prisoners behave then I see no problem with them having a Playboy, maybe not Hustler but the soft-core stuff, just not automatically; prisoners should earn priviledges.

Unless they are in prison for sex-crimes, in which case they can take a flying leap.

**LLFHS** · 07.13.06, 06:28 PM

"I thought that was the idea of prison.....to feel uncomfortable."

- Chris Rock

**OLO** · 07.13.06, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Axxman300

I think porn should be an incentive, you know, good behavior/model prisoner stuff. Anything that can make a prison guard's day easier and quiter I'd support. If the prisoners behave then I see no problem with them having a Playboy, maybe not Hustler but the soft-core stuff, just not automatically; prisoners should earn priviledges.

Unless they are in prison for sex-crimes, in which case they can take a flying leap.

I agree Axx, anything to keep the peace. If you are a model prisioner then you should get priviledges.