Who says Inmates in prison have civil rights?

Inmates filed a class action lawsuit with the aid of the ACLU against a pornography ban. Now I am all for some pornography but that is the last thing they need in there. What about all the sex offenders in prison? Is that supposed to help with their rehabilitation?

I think they forfeit their rights when they pissed away their lives. And I'm all for if you don't like it then when you get out make sure you don't go back.

The constitution argument doesn't work for me, if you choose to not follow the constitution and land your self in jail then you lose the right to think it should protect you.

The Constitution of the United States of America.

I should hope you would support that document.

HAHAHAHA that's pretty funny. But yeah, inmates in prison have their rights. There was a guy in the news new here that actually escaped from prison because he complained that he got only two slices of cheese when he was supposed to get three (he filed like formal paperwork) so they transfered him to the kitchen to shut him up and he used a canopener to break out.

The ACLU is bogus and anti-American...

Liberty Over Liberalism!

The constitusion states no cruel an bd unusual punishment and the ACLU always takes this too far because they are a bunch of Communists. Some rich person should sue the ACLU for all they are worth

the bill of rights does not apply to minors without certain extreme exceptions. i have a hard time believing it applies to criminals.

does it matter, really? they're all going to butt-rape each other in jail anyways, so who cares if they have porn. however, i think they are all animals, and don't deserve ANY rights..

I used to be a correctional officer, and we were flat footed informed that inmates do have right.Now, in reference to your pornography ban. Here's my experience in working there and my opinion on it based upon such experience. Most prisons ban pornography that show penetration or 'unnatural' acts. (Believe it or not some include plain ol' motorcycle mags in this category). What maybe classified as 'soft core' porn is permissible like Playboy.
Now, I am a female officer working in a male prison mind you. Experience has taught me people don't go celibate just because they are locked up. They handle their needs and they need something to visualize when they do it. Me, I prefer that had that magazine, so they aren't fantasizing about me, or what they call 'gunning down' and that is watching the officer while they masturbate, thus envisioning having sex with the officer in their sights. Okay? With me so far? Again, I am female, so imagine how I can be made to feel when an inmate walks up to me and tells me I have to be tired because 150 inmates are dreaming of having sex with me daily.
Let them have the darn things, it protects me from their overwhelming desires.

That's true about adult magazines and masturbation. It's also true that when you allow conjugal visits there is less homosexual activity in prison.

Sure I know, people say that they're in prison to be punished so they don't have rights. However, this is what I refer to as the "Fraternity Theory of Prisons". It's a common idea but it is completely wrong. To get into a fraternity pledges are typically insulted, harassed, made fun of, paddled, and various other tortures. They put up with it because they want to get in and the fraternities can always get someone else to pledge.

People apply this same logic to prisons. They view it as though the prisoners are pledges and are trying to join society. The abuse of prisoners is seen in a very similar way as is done with fraternity pledges; people see it as the price of readmission to society. This is a very common view. However, it is completely wrong.

Why? Because if you are a pledge and don't like the way you are treated they don't have to accept you. They'll find someone else. However, the vast majority of prisoners do get out of prison whether you like it or not and if they don't like the way they were treated they are going to have ill feelings about society, not feel priviliged to be part of it. Although very few prisons actually do it the best way to make good prisoners is to have prison mirror society as closely as possible. This includes responsibilities, priviliges, punishments, and rewards. You can always send trouble makers to a tougher prison. However, many prison systems actually discourage people from transferring to a lesser security prison because it increases the parole time. If you want prisoners to act like citizens when they get act then you have to treat them like citizens when they are in. Prison doesn't have to be nice but it doesn't have to have an existence that is either cruel or pointless.

I would rather have a prison full of men with porn, than without. We all know that it relieves stress, and I'd rather have that than a bunch of sexually frustrated men. There is a difference between civil rights and constitutional rights. Civil rights deal with being a human, and constitutional rights are whats given you for being a citizen of the usa. They have a right to be treated like humans, even if they did something to land in prison. Now, the right to own a gun, vote, etc. - they should and do lose those rights.

If you are in jail then the only right you should have is food water and shelter.. that's it...