A convicted murderer in Connecticut would kill for his right to pornography.
Dwight Pink Jr., who is currently serving 56 years in prison for a 1998 murder, sued the state of Connecticut in July for violating his constitutional rights by banning pornography in prisons, according to the Associated Press.
Much to his dismay, the ban bars 44-year-old Pink from looking at the art book “The Atlas of Foreshortening,” which features nude models.
Unfortunately for the criminal, the state issued a written response Monday that assured Pink he and his rights endured no harm because of the ban.
“Any injury or harm, if any, was caused solely by plaintiff’s own acts, omissions, or conduct and was not due to any wrongful conduct by the defendants,” wrote Assistant Attorney General Steven Strom in response to the lawsuit.
The Connecticut Department of Correction in 2011 barred all materials with “pictorial depictions of sexual activity or nudity” from prisons. However, the law does not apply to “materials which, taken as a whole, are literary, artistic, educational or scientific in nature.”
Since the ban’s conception, a half dozen suits have been filed against it. In a 2012 ruling, a judge refused to allow a prisoner access to “Playboy” and similar magazines in response to his complaint.
It looks like Pink will need to stick to ordinary art books for now. He still has a few decades left, though, to fight for his right to porn.
