Jail inmate: Lack of porn violates US Constitution
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[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43628302/ns/us_news-weird_news/]Source: MSNBC[/url]
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MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan — A Michigan jail inmate says he's being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment because he can't have pornography.
In a handwritten lawsuit, 21-year-old Kyle Richards claims his civil rights are being violated at the Macomb County Jail. Richards 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 tells The Detroit News 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, north of Detroit.
Richards pleaded guilty. Sentencing is Aug. 2.
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Hah. Can't say I've heard this one before :v:
[QUOTE]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[/QUOTE]
Doesn't sound like the smartest criminal out there.
Sounds pretty Cruel & Unusual to me.
"Poor standard of living", ha.
When claiming that your living standards are poor in a prison, using porn as an argument is not the best of ideas.
you know you're fucked when the ACLU is telling you you're free enough as it is
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he's got modern psychology on his side in my opinion. give the man his porn, why the fuck not? it's a physiological need.
So what, why should we provide pornography to criminals when we wont even provide it to the homeless?
[QUOTE=MegaChalupa;30889755]So what, why should we provide pornography to criminals when we wont even provide it to the homeless?[/QUOTE]
So what, why should we provide healthcare to criminals when we wont even provide it to the homeless?
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[QUOTE=MegaChalupa;30889755]So what, why should we provide pornography to criminals when we wont even provide it to the homeless?[/QUOTE]
No, they don't provide it. They just don't allow it, they can order magazines and all that directly from the publisher if that magazine is allowed. So if they allowed porn this inmate can then order the magazines from the publisher if he has money.
[QUOTE=MegaChalupa;30889755]So what, why should we provide pornography to criminals when we wont even provide it to the homeless?[/QUOTE]
because criminals dont have the choice to provide it to themselves.
Made me think of:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jto8PcVqSmw[/media]
[QUOTE=Kybalt;30889749][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs.svg/800px-Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs.svg.png[/img]
he's got modern psychology on his side in my opinion. give the man his porn, why the fuck not? it's a physiological need.[/QUOTE]
He still has the opportunity to jack-off all he wants.
After have playing that one part in Mafia II just last night I say: give this man some porn!
[QUOTE=Billiam;30890062]He still has the opportunity to jack-off all he wants.[/QUOTE]
doesn't mean they have the right to ban porn. on what grounds do they justify it?
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he's got modern psychology on his side in my opinion. give the man his porn, why the fuck not? it's a physiological need.[/QUOTE]
Since when does porn manifest itself in a physiological way?
Oh right, that's called sex.
Porn is not a need in any way.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;30890247]Since when does porn manifest itself in a physiological way?
Oh right, that's called sex.
Porn is not a need in any way.[/QUOTE]
i guess we don't have to give them toilets either right
[QUOTE=Kybalt;30890260]i guess we don't have to give them toilets either right[/QUOTE]
Holes in the ground suffice too but that may be a little too primal.
What exactly are you getting at?
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;30890272]Holes in the ground suffice too but that may be a little too primal.
What exactly are you getting at?[/QUOTE]
toilets arent nessesary, but we provide them because we're decent people. porn is the same thing.
[QUOTE=Kybalt;30890290]toilets arent nessesary, but we provide them because we're decent people. porn is the same thing.[/QUOTE]
Only on facepunch can decency equate with pornography.
[QUOTE=Sourcream&onion;30890351]Only on facepunch can decency equate with pornography.[/QUOTE]
oh please get the fuck off your high horse
[editline]4th July 2011[/editline]
OP's avatar is very fitting
Imagination is the best porn.
[QUOTE=Spycrabz;30890395]Imagination is the best porn.[/QUOTE]
not always
[QUOTE=Kybalt;30890376]oh please get the fuck off your high horse
[editline]4th July 2011[/editline]
OP's avatar is very fitting[/QUOTE]
I'm not on a high horse, I'm just pointing out the irony. No need to get defensive.
[QUOTE=Sourcream&onion;30890417]I'm not on a high horse, I'm just pointing out the irony. No need to get defensive.[/QUOTE]
i dont see the irony, i do see what you're saying, which happens to be the exact opposite of irony.
[QUOTE=Kybalt;30890437]i dont see the irony[/QUOTE]
Clearly.
[QUOTE=Sourcream&onion;30890417]I'm just pointing out the irony[/QUOTE]
there's no irony to point out, alanis morrisette
[QUOTE=thisispain;30890468]there's no irony to point out, [b]alanis morrisette[/b][/QUOTE]
i dont get the reference, explain?
[QUOTE=Kybalt;30890479]i dont get the reference, explain?[/QUOTE]
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oh that song. yeah. the song ironic, which had nothing ironic in it, is therefore ironic.
[editline]4th July 2011[/editline]
irony is extremely subjective.
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