July 25, 2007
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The Right to Masturbate
A prisoner was just convicted of indecent exposure because he was masturbating in his cell.
A woman prison guard went by and said he made no effort to conceal it. He was in his cell alone at the time. The jury found that an inmate’s jail cell is a “limited access public place.” So exposing himself was against the law. Here is the link: Link
Should a prisoner have the right to masturbate in his own cell?
Comments (161)
first post!
wow i never ever thought that would happen.. and yes he should have that right
wow
2nd! HAHA hrmm
What else is there for him to do?
i guesss he should be able to but still … gross
Just, eww. I guess there’s nothing stopping him but shame… which this guy apparently has in short supply.
Is that herpes?
Of course he should have the right. It was his alone time. It wasnt like it was time for breakfast and he was waiting for the gaurd to come for him.
Well, it’s either masturbation or the delicious alternative known as sodomy.
Maybe he should do it under his blanket
i feel like double commenting
i love your readership.
and i’m not going to answer your question
I don’t know where else he’s going to do it!
Umm… I don’t know.
That isn’t exactly a topic to which I’ve given much thought..
Only after the lights are out.
erm. weird…to say the least..but…yeah, i got nothing for this..
God Lord, you’ve got his picture and everything, huh? How embarassing. I’m of the opinion that prisoners are pampered way too much as it is…but yeah, he should be allowed to, ummmm, you know.
hahaha…I meant “Good Lord” … did you think I was flattering you?
It’s nasty, but he should at least try to hide it.
no women, no love, let the man masturbate. Although he should have shown a little modesty.
I would think walking up on a prisoner masturbating would be better than approaching an act of sodomy.
Yep, although there are ways of concealing the fact that you are masturbating.
It’s already clear that he doesn’t have boundaries – he’s in prison after all. So it doesn’t surprise me at all that he didn’t hide. The guard is crazy if she didn’t expect something similar to this…..
yea, I guess, but it is still gross.
No its not a right. I get so sick of people belittle real rights by making up new and silly ones.
If the guy had thrown a blanket over it, he would have been fine.
I guess so.. ? But show some modesty. Jeeze.
I almost didn’t want to view this page in fear of what the would turn out to be >_>
Sure. But he should attempt to conceal it as much as possible.
It’s better than assraping someone, right?
what the hell, like the guards never seen a penis before.
if a man is imprisoned, he should get to jerk off. should be a natural right ;] lmao
Does a prisoner to have his salad tossed?
Er, I screwed up at a joke by messing up what I meant to say. Delete my comments, Dan.
besides its HIS cell. i wouldnt be able to do it in front of people
He should do it secretly.
Well, the toilets are in plain view of the cameras too. Urinating in a “limited access public place” is also indecent exposure and illegal, so why don’t they just prosecute every inmate and keep them there for life? If Miss Priss is going to get offended by something natural, either fire her butt or do it whole hog.
Well… if he was flaughnting it in front of her… which it sounds like he was… NO.
Obviously he knew she was there and was enjoying an audience…
sometimes… i guess you just gotta jerk it, maybe he was in the “zone” … if she was offended, maybe she should stop working in a prison…ahh.. that’s the place where all the criminals go right? is that what it’s called? riiiiiiight.
did he at least finish?
i mean to go through all that trouble and not finish, defies the purpose.
If you can’t fucking masturbate on your own time, what can you do?
Even more importantly, how did he obtain what appears to be a cigarette burn on his cheek?
Masturbating on a prison guard is the most sufficient revenge on the system one could ever hope to accomplish.
pretty much this is the stupidest thing i’ve ever heard.
Sure. Why not.
“God Lord, you’ve got his picture and everything, huh? How embarassing. I’m of the opinion that prisoners are pampered way too much as it is…but yeah, he should be allowed to, ummmm, you know.”~latte_grande
Pampered too much?! Until you’ve spent so much as an hour in a maximum security prison, shut your goddamn nut-washer!! The “good people” on the outside world don’t so much as give two shits about what happens to the people in them. They hear stories about beatings and sodomy, and they think, “Oh, they’re prisoners, they probably deserve it anyway.” And apparently now you can’t even fucking masturbate.
Seriously, just shut the fuck up you goddamn moron.
Ewww….but…I guess it is HIS cell…sort of….o____O
Its better than them raping the other inmates.
that is all
…what is that thing on his face?
why not? is not like he can do it anywhere else
well, since it was in someone else’s presence.. He could have stop or turn around then wait til she leave.. Unless he did it on purpose for her to watch..
Since when was a Prison a public place? I have never heard any of my friends talking about what a great time they with their families visiting the local Prison
Should a fish masterbate in a fishbowl?
I think there is a lot worse things the guy could be up to.
The right??
They so have the right that baby oil should be handed out when the check in.
wait, wait, wait, wait… then how is urination or defecation in his own cell not indecent exposure?
Masturbating in ‘relative’ privacy in his own cell would probably be better than running around in the showers with a loaded wad, all horny.
Under a blanket at the very least…but not out in the open. Blech.
He’s already in fucking jail. What are they going to do, put him in solitary confinement so he can masturbate in peace?
Uhm.. that’s a bit disturbing to think about.
But, yeah. It’d be nice if he’d atleast try to hide it though.
Ew, who wants to see that.
He should be allowed to masturbate if he wants to. His cell is as close to a private place as he has available to him.
sure.
what’s his alternative?!
go for it
yes.
Yes! My gosh. They need to release it somehow, right?
definitely, it’s not like they get sex in there.
uhh… well, why not?
they’re not gonna get none from anyone else, except the other guys there and i’m guessing that’s not very pleasurable.
no. every right should be taken away from them. even masturbation. as a mattter of fact, the jails should put some of that soft penis stuff in their drink so they don’t get a hard on.
Sure, it’s not his fault that some voyeuristic ho who ain’t getting any at home strolls by to sneak a peek.
well…yeah. i mean…you cant REALLY consider a cell a “public place”….can you?
dude, you cant even jerk off in prison? Thats pretty harsh. Hows he supposed to pee in this cell without exposing himself?!
A woman would never understand. A guy would just be like…ew, gross…..more power to ya man.
ok lemme get this right…. he can’t jerk off when alone in a jail cell but yet bubba from 3 cells over can give to him up the rear as long as he isn’t seen??
let the man beat his meat! its his he can play with it all he wants.
maybe the gaurd was upset becuz he was not offering up some to her.
Uh, yeah! Where else is he going to do it? The bathroom? Oh, wait – there`s only a toilet.
At least he wasn’t one of those evil, sneaky bastards and throw the results at her. I hear that happens, and it’s one of the many reasons I’ll never be a prison guard. She should probably find a new job if she got all butthurt about some dude punching the clown. That’s nothing.
Give me masturbation or give me death!
Stupid, stupid etc. Masturbation is not a crime. The guy is already in jail so why are we going to try him for ‘public’ indecency. Are there no better uses for the money? I agree he should have covered up but all you folks who said eeew ect, remember his picture next time you masturbate. AND DON’T LIE you know you do!. I agree that it is better then sodomy also. Plus it is summer time now, maybe they need to cool the place down so he will need a blanket.
Any of us have anyone in jail? What if that guy was your brother would you feel the same way?
Here’s a quiz. A nurse walks in on a patient masturbating in his room. The door was closed, she didn’t announce. Should that man be arrested?
What happened to his face?
He has to do it somewhere. I just wouldn’t want to see! Yuck.
yes.
Maybe he got bit in the face by the second offender pit bull in the other article.
>> A woman prison guard <<
You mean “female prisdon guard”? “Woman” by itself is not (cannot be) an adjective. You could say “womanly prison guard”, but that wouldn’t necessarily mean a female.
>> went by and said he made no effort to conceal it. He was in his cell alone at the time. The jury found that an inmate’s jail cell is a “limited access public place.” So exposing himself was against the law. Here is the link: Link <<
That is ridiculous.
>> Should a prisoner have the right to masturbate in his own cell?<<
Yes and that woman needs to get over it. She has no business being a prison guard if she can’t handle that. If she can’t handle briefly glancing at a prisoner masturbating, then how could she handle a prison break or someone being stabbed??
completely ignoring the scenario, i’m going to regard a “right” as something that the human condition can’t live without.
that would essentially place masturbation off the list of things that one would need to live… sorry.
Yea. He shouldn’t be jerking it so openly, but the guy is stuck in a cell so let him do as he pleases to himself.
considering the scenario, i’m going to regard a crime as something that the state deems as wrong. legality is not equal to morality. however, should he be prosecuted and convicted of masturbation?
if you’re in prison/jail already you temporarily are placed out of your private dwelling and placed into a public institution that is funded by taxes. it’s a public place. by the books he is guilty of indecent exposure. equating a prison guard’s reaction between a prison break and observing indecent exposure is just absurdity.
but what would i say? fuck it! doesn’t matter if it’s a woman or male here, the prison guard obviously carried out some sort of personal greivance against this individual. and reading through the article one would notice such – “Veal said this was the third time she caught Alexander, and she had had enough.” i don’t believe that she had not approached him before on the issue. so it was even more of his fault for being a goddamned moron. he is in prison for a reason after all.
that woman perhaps should not be working there.
Let him have at it!
He should be allowed but underneath a blanket or something. That made me laugh. =)
That is lot better then do it in the mess hall.
Yeah… at least cover yourself up or something….
They’re taking away masturbatory rights?
Jeez, now I REALLY hope I never go to prison…
He should be able to.
Looks like he got shot in the face.
haha~ giv him a break dude
Hahaha, I would have said he has the rights to…but that would defeat the purpose of him being in jail, right? He’s there for punishment! So denying his rights to masturbate in his own cell will be adding salt to his convicted wound. So go ahead, lets all be sadist and deny him his rights. Woohoo. Hahaha!
Frankly I’m undecided. I don’t even know whether to laugh or despair. Haha! Oh. I just laughed.
I just read my roomate this story and she said, “What else is there to do in jail besides masturbate?” haha
Every cell I’ve seen there’s the john in the open and absolutely no doors, curtains, partitions allowed of any sort. Now why was there a female guard?
Gross Dan!! Gross!!
Ewww, yuck!! And they have a picture of the guy? Why do I think that just contributes to the grossness?
Hey, when is he going to get more privacy in prison? In the shower? I don’t want to think about what might happen if he masturbated in front of his fellow inmates…
It’s prison. A different world, fuckwits.
To me this isn’t even a question. Of all the things they should worried about this is the stupidest waste of time and money. Lets see one I have a bodily function that is going to be taken care of one way or another. What are my choices?
A- Jerk off
B-Rape my cell mate.
C- Did it in the shower where everyone one will be able to take part.
D- Bum rush a gaurd and make him squeal lije a pig.
E- Pretend to be sick and rape the nurse.
see so many options. let the poor boy whack his weasle. everyone does it at some point in thier life and those who say the don’t are freaks or liars. Sorry just the facts.
He’s already in jail. What does she expect. Put him in solitary – that should make everyone happy.
Morning, Dan! Yikes…..who really gives a crap!
Well…yeah.
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That guy’s face is indecent exposure!
Yeah… I guess he could have been more discreet, but the woman didn’t have to be such a prude about it either.
He shouldn’t be allowed to masturbate at all. If he can’t handle being in prison, then he shouldn’t have done the crime in the first place.
However, and you equal rights people are going to get all flighty on me, I sincerely believe that women guards should *NOT* be allowed to work in an all-male prison. They should be restricted to all-women prisons only.
Honestly, he should have the right to masturbate somewhere. If they’re expected to poop and pee with no privacy (my assumption is that prison cells tend to have a single, exposed toilet in them, in full view of everyone), then it seems they should also be able to masturbate with no privacy if they so desire.
He should’ve done it under a blanket.
I think it is certainly his right,but like sugggested ,after the lights are out,beneath a cover…the guard could have ignored it and not made an issue of it,I would rather someone masterbate than have sex wwwith a cellie.
Don’t they have sheets or blankets or something in jail?
Jerkin’ the Gerkin…
maybe she should get a job at the chimp cage at a zoo. where the hell else is he supposed to jerk off ?
How can there not be indecent exposure in a cell? Doesn’t he have to get dressed in there and use the toilet in there?I think that taking a crap in view of others has to be one of the most humiliating things. And I can not believe that a female guard in a male prison is the best idea.
Rant over.
Gosh…I hope he doesnt go blind……..ha ha ha ha
Seriously, what’s he supposed to do? It is better then the alternative….
i guess he should be able to but u know cover it up and clean up after urself. gross
don’t they have toilets in those cells? so in actuality they should be charging anyone who uses the toilet and keep them all in there for life.
If masturbation was that much a priority, he shouldn’t have done anything that would get him arrested. Then he could do it in the privacy of his own home.
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I’d go with “yes.”
Isn’t a cell a prisoner’s home. Maybe they don’t really have any private place to go. A prisoner, after all, is not a good, moral, upstanding human being in the first place. I’d say just let the prisoners do what they want to do as long as they aren’t harming theirself or anyone else around them. Still…ick!!
its gross but i mean let the man have soooome fun
I’m surprised this is the first time she’s run into someone masturbating in jail…
Frankly, I’m a fierce proponent of masturbation… I think if it were permitted, it would at least curb (but not eliminate) prison rape… which is another thing we need to work on curbing, really.
OK, this isn’t what I’d like to be thinking of but better for them to masturbate than rape another prisoner.
Better the guy jerks off then rapes.
what kind of woman prison guard is so bored that she has nothing better to do than to complain about this? why are we even having to discuss it? she is guarding all sorts of people who have committed atrocious acts. and she’s shocked and offended by this?
of corse… what’s wrong with that woman? she could have had feces thrown on her and she’s complaining about semen?
Let the guy have his fun, please.
I know that it sounds bad of me but no he shouldnt have the right, its prison, its not supposed to be easy.
Yeah, he should be allowed to take care of business when he is alone in his cell
pfft, I’d do it, nothing better to do in prison b’sides work out, or use the library, or play basketball– hey wait a minute, prison sounds like a pretty sweet deal, sign me up! -_-
I’m all for masturbation, but when you go to jail you lose certain freedoms. Privacy is one of them. I wonder if thinking of the guard while . . . . He was?
well he’s bound to be lonely and I would think he would rather be doing that than the alternative. So yeah. He probably should’ve turned around in his bunk to face the wall or something. But I never plan on being in that situation so, yeah.
Would they prefer catching him ass rape a man?
WHAT THE EFF IS THAT THING ON HIS FACE?!?
if it will clear up his face, maybe.
seriously, i would think this person is cuckoo, masturbating like that…openly. crazy f*ck. yuck.
I would hate for my face to be on the internet because I was masturbating in my jail cell. How embarassing!
Anyway, it’s his cell, his hands.
Eh, let him do what he wants in his cell. He’s not hurting anyone.
I don’t see why not. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, haha.
But um, why show his picture? That’s a little humiliating.
what do you expect in prison? Maybe prisoners who get caught doing that (and not trying to be discrete) should get a week in solitary. Then they can do it all they want and get their fill. Do you think that would help?
yes. yes yes yes yes. Thats ridiculous. Its there. Might as well make the best of alone time
It’s better than him trying to rape the guard, right?
if he does so modestly and if the door to the cell is like a real door and not bars. yck
When you are in jail, you have no rights…. At least that is the way it should be…
Ok.. after reading the article.. I understand she has caught him in the act 3 times while looking at her. He exposed himself purposly knowing she would catch him. She got fed up. . I understand now why this happend. It’s not about masterbating.. its about exposing himself to her and not becareful to do it privatley.
Christina
Well if it’s considered a public place then yea he should be in trouble, he could have gone under a blanket…gross
exposing himself? Dude, they shit, piss and dress in their cell. How are they supposed to not expose?!
he has the right to do whatever he wants,…
Prisoners should be allowed to masturbate whenever they like. In fact, they should purposely do it during the day time. Draw a crowd. Have a little fun.
Rapists should be stripped of the privelage to masturbate though, just for the irony of it.
I’m surprised the guard even cared. You’d think that guards would see this going on all the time.
I just read the article, and the portion about the 17 jurers being asked about their own “personal habits” and whether or not they have ever “commited this particular sex act” was quite amusing.
ew
well… it is a “public” place… and he’s in jail, not a hotel so… i say no, he shouldn’t be allowed. it wouldn’t frickin’ kill him not to, or he could have at least tried to conceal it. i honestly have no sympathy for this guy.
yeah he should have the right.
except maybe he could turn around if that lady relaly did have a problem with it?
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No, he can do it in his cell, which is where he lives, even though HE doesn’t have privacy any more. Sounds like the lady guard should be fired. She should know that that is bound to be a norm. There are worse things that go on in a prison sexually, that keep going on, getting ignored by those who pass by their cells.
Everyone should have the right to masturbate, though it might’ve been nice if he’d been a bit more discreet. Not entirely surprised though.
as long as its under the blankets then its fine….but doing it openly whether your just in your own cell its still visible.
Who knows he was doing it to just provoke the lady ?
Yes, I think that he does but he doesnt have to do it in front of other people knowing that he will get caught exposing himself.
First of all, was the female guard also white? Probably.
Secondly, I agree with saintvi — wait until the lights are out then go at it.
…I guess?
What surprises me is that she is so upset by it. What did she think? All the prisoners were good catholic men and wouldn’t touch themselves the entire time they’re there? And it seems the most appropriate place available, in his own cell, all alone.
Oh, yes, like he has a choice. He can just go to his bathroom, open a girly mag, and wank it.
The question should not be the right to masturbate but whether to masturbate is right? I think you know my answer.
Yes