Lonely Battle Against Sex Movies in Prison
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Administrators let offenders at one of Iowa’s most dangerous prison units watch violent and sexually explicit movies and TV shows for years, despite repeated complaints from a female officer who said it encouraged inmates to sexually harass her.
Murderers, sexual predators and other men housed at a unit for mentally ill inmates at the maximum-security state prison in Fort Madison were allowed to watch movies such as “Deranged,” a horror film that includes a scene in which a woman is beaten, raped, hung upside down and skinned. Among other movies inmates watched were “Delta of Venus,” an erotic film; “Coffey,” which shows sadism and attempted rape; and “Cruel Intentions,” records show.
Despite correctional officer Kristine Sink’s complaints, administrators told her not to turn off the movies or shows. When she did, they accused her of insubordination, according to department records that Sink provided to The Associated Press. One warden blamed Sink for causing problems by complaining, and another supervisor suggested her outfits — a standard-issue uniform — were enticing inmates.
Sink said she has fought a lonely battle under four wardens against movies that caused inmates to become sexually aggressive — through “10 years of misery.” She filed a lawsuit Nov. 30 against prison officials alleging sexual harassment, discrimination and workplace retaliation, seeking an unspecified amount of damages.
“It’s inconceivable. If I had not lived through it myself, I wouldn’t believe this,” she said.
-By RYAN J. FOLEY
http://news.yahoo.com/iowa-prison-lonely-battle-against-sex-movies-091857054.html
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@blaze: Edited for copyright laws plus I added the link to the original article.
Why in the world would mentally ill inmates be allowed to watch any movies that are rated over PG? Seriously, that’s a bit odd to show people who are known to be dangerous a bunch of films which contain violence that could give those inmates bad ideas. Hell, what next will they make them watch? How about movies about a prison escape? Or a movie about making a shiv? Maybe a movie about prison riots?
I see no reason why any of these movies will be bad, after all, it’s not like these people can be influenced by what they watch in any way.
Wow… just, wow. >_>
If you find the results of this lawsuit in the future, keep us posted, please!
Thanks for the article!
@Shazz this is really late, but thanks! I wasn’t sure which parts of the article were okay to actually post.
@blaze: Technically its the first 4 lines and then a link to the main story. I stretched that one a bit since it was so long and didnt compromise the whole article.