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Gay porn fury of homosexual prisoner
by Ben Goldby (Sunday Mercury, 7/2/2010)
A GAY crook has accused prison guards of breaching his human rights because they confiscated homosexual porn he bought at Winson Green.
John O’Reilly claims guards at HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire nabbed the mags when he was transferred there from HMP Birmingham.
And he has complained that they won’t let him buy any more to replace them.
In a letter to Lags’ magazine Inside Time, the inmate accuses the prison of homophobia, because he claims that other convicts have access to hardcore heterosexual pornography.
“I was told ‘no hard porn magazines’ at reception,” he said.
“My stash of American porn was seized.
“I had purchased these mags whilst at HMP Birmingham and obviously they had no problem with porn.
“Since then I have tried to purchase many mags via the library, but I’ve never got one.”
O’Reilly claims that devout Christian bosses at the jail have banned gay magazines, and claims that his human rights are being breached.
“Mostly they ignore my requests, maintaining that the magazines are American and ‘can’t be purchased’.
“I proved that they can by getting a friend to buy one, Playguy, from his local newsagent and send it into me.
“Other guys can order girly mags, yet as a gay man I am denied the chance to buy gay mags.
“I call this discrimination and have filled in complaint forms. How can I overturn this homophobic stance?
“There are a lot of gays in here who are furious and feel victimized.”
A spokeswoman for the Prison Service told the Sunday Mercury that gay porn was allowed in lock-ups, but only when approved by local managers.
“In regards to “top shelf” material, governors will normally allow the kind of men’s magazines that can be purchased from high street newsagent chains.
But if the content is inappropriate, prisoners will not be allowed such material in their cells. Prisons risk-assess the material appropriate for a paedophile or on a sex offenders’ wing, which would be far more restrictive than would be allowed to other prisoners if such material would harm rehabilitation.
“We take allegations of discrimination very seriously and have a zero tolerance policy.”
HMP Dovegate houses 860 inmates including lifers serving jail terms for murders, serious violent crimes and sex attacks.
O’Reilly also lifted the lid on some prisoner-friendly moves introduced by the Staffordshire jail’s director Wyn Jones.
“I find Dovegate to be a fairly good prison, the director seems genuinely interested in prisoners’ welfare,” he said.
“At Christmas he appealed to us to look out for other prisoners who might be struggling during the festive season.
“He also gave each prisoner £10 telephone credit – a nice gesture from what would appear to be a decent man and a devoted Christian.”
Gay porn fury of homosexual prisoner
by Ben Goldby (Sunday Mercury, 7/2/2010)
A GAY crook has accused prison guards of breaching his human rights because they confiscated homosexual porn he bought at Winson Green.
John O’Reilly claims guards at HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire nabbed the mags when he was transferred there from HMP Birmingham.
And he has complained that they won’t let him buy any more to replace them.
In a letter to Lags’ magazine Inside Time, the inmate accuses the prison of homophobia, because he claims that other convicts have access to hardcore heterosexual pornography.
“I was told ‘no hard porn magazines’ at reception,” he said.
“My stash of American porn was seized.
“I had purchased these mags whilst at HMP Birmingham and obviously they had no problem with porn.
“Since then I have tried to purchase many mags via the library, but I’ve never got one.”
O’Reilly claims that devout Christian bosses at the jail have banned gay magazines, and claims that his human rights are being breached.
“Mostly they ignore my requests, maintaining that the magazines are American and ‘can’t be purchased’.
“I proved that they can by getting a friend to buy one, Playguy, from his local newsagent and send it into me.
“Other guys can order girly mags, yet as a gay man I am denied the chance to buy gay mags.
“I call this discrimination and have filled in complaint forms. How can I overturn this homophobic stance?
“There are a lot of gays in here who are furious and feel victimized.”
A spokeswoman for the Prison Service told the Sunday Mercury that gay porn was allowed in lock-ups, but only when approved by local managers.
“In regards to “top shelf” material, governors will normally allow the kind of men’s magazines that can be purchased from high street newsagent chains.
But if the content is inappropriate, prisoners will not be allowed such material in their cells. Prisons risk-assess the material appropriate for a paedophile or on a sex offenders’ wing, which would be far more restrictive than would be allowed to other prisoners if such material would harm rehabilitation.
“We take allegations of discrimination very seriously and have a zero tolerance policy.”
HMP Dovegate houses 860 inmates including lifers serving jail terms for murders, serious violent crimes and sex attacks.
O’Reilly also lifted the lid on some prisoner-friendly moves introduced by the Staffordshire jail’s director Wyn Jones.
“I find Dovegate to be a fairly good prison, the director seems genuinely interested in prisoners’ welfare,” he said.
“At Christmas he appealed to us to look out for other prisoners who might be struggling during the festive season.
“He also gave each prisoner £10 telephone credit – a nice gesture from what would appear to be a decent man and a devoted Christian.”
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