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‘Cruel and unusual’: Inmate sues jail for denying him porn
Published On Mon Jul 4 2011
Associated Press
MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH. — 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.â€
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.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1019041--cruel-and-unusual-inmate-sues-jail-for-denying-him-porn
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