Inmate found guilty for masturbation in his own cell

[Herman Munster]

http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/181902.html

A Broward prisoner accused of committing a sex act while he was alone in his jail cell was found guilty Tuesday of indecent exposure.

Terry Lee Alexander, 20, unsuccessfully fought the charge, which had been brought by a female Broward Sheriff's Office detention deputy who saw him perform the sex act in his cell in November.

In reaching the guilty verdict, jurors found that an inmate's jail cell is ''a limited access public place'' where exposing oneself is against the law.

The judge sentenced Alexander, of Lauderdale Lakes, to 60 days in jail, on top of the 10-year sentence he is currently serving for armed robbery.

The sole witness in the case, BSO Deputy Coryus Veal, testified that Alexander did not try to hide what he was doing as most prisoners do. Veal saw him perform the act while she was working in a glass-enclosed master control room, 100 feetfrom Alexander's cell. There was no video tape or other witnesses.

Alexander's attorney argued that the prison cell was a private place and that what Alexander was doing was perfectly normal.

''Did other inmates start masturbating because of Mr. Alexander?'' McHugh asked Veal. ``Did you call a SWAT team?''

''I wish I had,'' Veal answered.

[razors edge]

1. If I was twenty years old

and in prison, I would have never gotten out.

[KurtNYC]

2. 60 days a pop

I'd be up to about 2,000 years by now

[zonmoy]

3. with me the universe will have experienced heat death

before I would have had a chance to get out.

[razors edge]

5. I am forced to wonder if

washing your penis too enthusiastically in a public place like a gym or such will now mean redeploying the Marines from Iraq to save the fatherland?

[jmowreader]

7. Well now, that's an interesting idea

If we can be GUARANTEED that the troops will be redeployed to protect Our Innocent Sensibilities and All-American Family Values from the horror that is Public Masturbation, I'd recommend that we all whip out our willies at High Noon on the courthouse lawn and just start goin' for it.

But no, Bush would just send the ROTC over to machinegun us all down, and the troops would remain stuck there.

[razors edge]

8. Bummer,

I already started without you guys.

Now I gotta stop and find Kevlar with stain guard.

[dorkulon]

4. "I wish I had?"

What an idiot.

[mrcheerful]

6. You forget that one of the rights a prisoner doesn't have is the right of

privacy. A male guard will over look a masturbating inmate, unless he is a dick or has a grudge against an inmate. Female guards on the other hand will bust an inmate any chance they get. CSC charges against inmates are quite normal in every state when female guards catch them masturbating. My question is why are females allowed to guard male prisoners in housing units to begin with? Here in Michigan male guards are not allowed around female inmate housing areas, but females can guard male inmates.