Inmate Calls Porn Ban Unconstitutional
Oh man, you can’t make this shit up. Let’s get a few things on the table first. I am a HUGE First Amendment proponent and I’m about as pro-porn as anyone. Still, this fucking story makes me want to hit myself in the face with a hammer.
For background you might want to read the whole story:
Lack of porn violates Constitution, inmate says
So basically a 21 year old inmate in Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that authorities are violating his “civil rights” by denying him access to porn while incarcerated.
For the record this guy is a convicted felon who pled guilty in a bank robbery case. He is being held in the Macomb County Jail while he awaits sentencing. He actually calls the lack of available smut “cruel and unusual” punishment. Dude should have to watch some of the porn I have sit through. He will redefine that particular term. His complaint also lists a “poor standard of loving” and “both sexual and sensory deprivation.” I didn’t realize that you were entitled to not have your sexuality deprived in jail.
The ACLU has chimed in, stating that there isn’t really a clear cut access to adult material behind bars. Some porn is allowed in Michigan state prisons, but none is allowed the Macomb County Jail.
In the end, this dude filed a five page, hand written complaint about having his civil violated because they won’t let him watch porn. This is the same guy who was caught after a bank robbery because police followed his footprints in the snow right to his apartment.
I’m thinking that if he put has much time into planning his getaway as he does obsessing about porn and writing legal challenges to get his stroke on, dude might not be behind bars in the first place.
