In Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio enforced a ban of all depictions of frontal nudity in his jails. One inmate, when he was denied his subscription to Playboy, filed a suit citing First Amendment violations. In the papers he filed, the inmate claimed he was denied access to newsworthy interviews and investigations. A three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco declared Arpaio s ban unconstitutional. Again, broad language was the reason given.
Pornography has no place on military bases.
It distracts officers from the purpose of military, as evidenced by the amount of time spent on sexual harassment cases. For the same reasons, pornography must not be permitted in prisons. As seen in the Attorney General s Commission on Pornography, pornography was a factor in many of the crimes committed by sex offenders. Many promote reforming criminals. Pornography mocks any hope of change.