Inmate To Go On Trial For Masturbating Alone In His Cell - Wait, WHAT?

[matcom]

way to go AGAIN Florida! Your tax dollars at work!

<snip>

Terry Lee Alexander thought he was having a private moment in his jail cell.

But a deputy jailer thought otherwise.

Alexander, 20, was sitting on his bunk alone in his cell masturbating when a female deputy, monitoring his cell from a nearby control room, took offense.

Today he's scheduled to go to trial to fight a misdemeanor indecent exposure charge and the maximum one-year jail sentence that would go with a conviction. The incident occurred in November.

Although masturbation, a common jailhouse occurrence, violates most jail and prison rules, it doesn't often result in criminal charges. It is generally dealt with internally with a disciplinary write-up and temporary loss of phone or recreation privileges, Florida jail and prison officials said.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbmasturbate0725nbjul25,0,7287506.story

[ThomCat]

1. WTF!

Seriously, :wtf:

Do they really think that Making a rule against masterbation makes any kind of sense? And do they really think that making it against the rules is going to prevent masterbation? Can they make a rule against breathing too?

[tonkatoy57]

2. Wait, masturbation violates jail rules?

Let me see here. You have a population of young, male, aggressive inmates and you forbid masturbation?

Could someone explain to me why this is the case? I mean, other than you don't want to have a bunch of guys sitting around jerking off all the time.

Jeez Louise, if a guy can find a private moment or two...

I wonder why the deputy jailer was so cheesed off?

[Deja Q]

3. And she didn't join him? Damn! BTW, when they cut off the recreation privilege,

does it grow back when the suspension is lifted?

:hide:

[Adsos Letter]

24. !!!

:spray:

[ohiosmith]

4. Note to myself: Never, ever, get arrested in Florida.

[PVnRT]

5. Think Spain might want Florida back? They can have it. (n/t)

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. I doubt this will stand up in court

:popcorn:

[reyd reid reed]

7. ...

:spank:

[Deja Q]

9. You mean, there's no solid evidence?

:hide:

[AllegroRondo]

8. wasnt he aware of the penal codes?

[rug]

10. He'll get off.

[Inchworm]

11. That is applesauce's sole purpose I thought

:shrug:

[BOSSHOG]

12. One would think masturbation by inmates would be encouraged

[Deja Q]

13. No doubt the feeling's mutual...

:hide:

[BOSSHOG]

14. Maybe the ban is a christian thing, leave no semen behind

(or some derivative thereof, go for it.) Faith based erection monitoring. We all know how successful it is to keep a human from having any sexual release.

[Deja Q]

15. Why should innocent sperm be trapped behind bars?

:shrug:

[krispos42]

23. I heard every sperm is sacred... n/t

[realisticphish]

19. right

idle hands...

[JVS]

16. That's fucked up

[BeyondGeography]

17. Give a 20-year-old an extra year for jerking off

REAL healthy.

[cobalt1999]

18. "and temporary loss of phone or recreation privileges"

I thought that was a recreational privilege. :rofl:

[Fox Mulder]

20. What if he takes a piss in the toilet...

and the female guard sees his man parts. Is that also considered indecent exposure?

And how in the hell can prisons forbid masturbation??? :wtf:

[meegbear]

21. If beating off is a crime ...

then I should have been executed years ago.

[Boojatta]

22. What if he's a solipsist?

To deny an inmate the opportunity for a conjugal visit based purely on his religious beliefs would be a violation of his civil rights.

[DS1]

25. When masturbating is outlawed, only outlaws will

oh

[BOSSHOG]

26. Then we'll become A WORLD OF OUTLAWS

[plcdude]

27. I think this is going to be "hard"

to convict. Maybe he was just scratching for an extended period of time. How long did she monitor it? I am afraid I would be doing life by now.

[lutefisk]

28. He's also facing a "possible sexual-offender charge" for this!

"Alexander has been offered time served but rejected it, not wanting to risk a possible sexual-offender charge and the liabilities that come with it, McHugh said."

So there is a possibility that this guy would have to register as a sex offender when he is released?

"Deputy Coryus Veal seems to have taken that mission to heart: She has brought similar charges against seven other inmates in six months."