Willson v. Buss.U.S. District Court Willson v. Buss, 370 F.Supp.2d 782 (N.D.Ind. 2005). A former inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. sued a prison superintendent, claiming that a rule that denied him receipt of magazines having homosexual content violated his First Amendment rights. The district court entered judgment in favor of the superintendent. The court held that there was a valid, rational connection between the prison's ban on inmate receipt of "blatantly homosexual material" and that the ban furthered a legitimate, penological pe·nol·o·gy also poe·nol·o·gy n. The study, theory, and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation. [Latin poena, penalty (from Greek objective of protecting homosexual inmates from injury by the prison population which is traditionally hostile to them. The court noted that the impact of accommodating the inmate's interest in having access to the magazines included the possibility that the materials could get into the hands of other inmates who were not homosexual, and they could be subjected to assaults by homophobic ho·mo·pho·bi·a n. 1. Fear of or contempt for lesbians and gay men. 2. Behavior based on such a feeling. [homo(sexual) + -phobia. fellow inmates. The court found that the rule was not void for vagueness void for vagueness adj. referring to a statute defining a crime which is so vague that a reasonable person of at least average intelligence could not determine what elements constitute the crime. under the First Amendment. (Westville Correctional Facility The Westville Correctional Facility, located in Westville, Indiana, is a state-operated prison for adult males. The facility contains sections of three levels of security. [1] The average daily population in September 2006 was approximately 3,100. , Indiana) |
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