Move over,
Jose Canseco’s diapered goats. Here’s yet still even more
evidence that we are all living in
a Philip K. Dick fever dream.
The Lorain County Correctional Institution acknowledged Friday
that pirated movies are being shown to prisoners there, even as
inmates serve time for illegally downloading movies.Richard Humphrey, 26, of North Ridgeville was sent to the Lorain
County prison in February for a parole violation and remained
there until May 6. According to a post on the
site torrentfreak.com, while he was a prisoner guards showed
inmates “Ride Along” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” before they were
released on DVD.He was on parole for a charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a
minor, to which he pleaded guilty in 2010. A year earlier, he
pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement in federal court
for selling downloaded movies before their commercial release.
Humphrey served 29 months for his pirating. Maybe
he can visit the guards who oversaw him.
A spokesperson for Lorain County Correctional Institution Warden
Kimberly Clipper said prison officials are aware that pirated
movies are being shown to prisoners and the issue is being
investigated. But she said she couldn’t comment further because the
investigation is ongoing.
By the same token, I think Humphrey deserves to be thrown back
in the slammer for this bon mot:
“How do you expect someone to be rehabilitated when
there’s authority figures that are running those institutions that
are copyright infringing?” Humphrey said.
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