flyingtiger1013 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 http://wtop.com/?nid=114&sid=751391 NORFOLK, Mass. (AP) - A prison officer faces punishment for showing the gay cowboy movie "Brokeback Mountain" to inmates at the state's largest prison, a corrections department spokeswoman said. Massachusetts Department of Correction spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said the officer, whose name was not released, had not followed standard procedure for screening the movie for excessive violence, assaults on correctional staff, nudity or explicit sexual content. She would not reveal what discipline the officer could face. "I want to make it clear, it wasn't the subject matter _ it was the graphic nature of the sexually explicit scenes," Wiffin said Monday. The officer showed the movie Thursday at MCI-Norfolk, a medium security prison about 25 miles southwest of Boston. According to Wiffin, a deputy supervisor came in as the movie was showing and asked if the officer had screened it first. He said no. Since only 20 minutes remained of the movie, the inmates were allowed to see the end, she said. Wiffin did not know how many inmates saw the movie and did not know of any other instance when a prison officer was disciplined over a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Hmmm... I think the prison audience would have an entirely different perspective on said story. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 what does the prison system have against Dallas Cowboy fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 So convicted criminals are only allowed to watch what... finding nemo? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Weirdo Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 "I want to make it clear, it wasn't the subject matter _ it was the graphic nature of the sexually explicit scenes," Wiffin said Monday. These guys are big boys (no pun intended) I think they can handle it. (Again, no pun intended) :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Reading this makes me ask, "Why are some things news?" It's just a business going through it's opperating proceedures. Why should I care? There's probably 8 worthy stories that all went unreported so that I could know that prisoners can't watch brokeback mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th869 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 what does the prison system have against Dallas Cowboy fans? :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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