Friday, February 9, 2007

Prisoners and porn

There are some Kansas inmates who are suing to regain their right to possess pornographic material per
their First Amendment right. The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) argues that they want to rid the system of sexually explicit material because the guards don't like having to inspect it and it interferes with the rehabilitation of sex offenders. The matter is to go to trial this summer in the federal district court in Kansas.
Curiously, I would think that KDOC would want sexually explicit material to be readily available in the prisons so they can know if their sex offenders are abiding by the treatment program rules that prohibit them from possessing the materials. Do they want to find out that the sex offender is not abiding by the rule, hence their treatment is not working, while the offender is still in the system or when they get out and are walking by the local grade-school? sometimes I wonder what the politicians are really thinking about.
Other than that, they should simply respect every citizens constitutional rights, even those who are incar-
cerated at the time. If they start disrespecting the rights of the incarcerated citizens how long will it be before they branch out and step on everyone elses??????

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