Friday, July 14, 2006

Inmates Sue For Porno Rights


Indianapolis--Two inmates are suing the Indiana Department of Corrections for instituting a new policy that bars prisoners from receiving or possessing material that contains sexual content.

The policy, which went into affect on July 1, seeks to regulate prisoners access to magazines such as Playboy, Hustler and Easy Rider as well as personal mail and book selections in prison libraries.

Ernest Tope, 53 and Wade Meisberger, 34 who are serving hefty sentences for murder and auto theft respectively, are the leading defendants in the lawsuit which is seeking class action status for over 20,000 inmates.

"The policy is written so broadly that it includes within its prohibitions such things as personal letters between prisoners and loved ones and much of the world's great literature and art," said the complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana.

Authorities from the Indiana Department of Corrections claim they haven't reviewed the complaint and have not yet offered any public comment.

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