This blog brings up an interesting thought about prisoner rights. Do prisoners have the right to media access? Or put the other way does the media have the right to have access to prisoners? The prison mentioned here is one of the most secure prisons in the country. Does it matter if it is a secure prison or a minimum security one? Are there different rules for prisoners based on which facility there are housed in? Being convicted of a crime does mean you lose some rights. That is only fair. But where does the line stop? One comment asked if denial of access was only for face to face interviews, which the blog specifically mentions, or if it is for all access. If the media can still do phone and/or email/letter interviews is that enough? Secrecy is not always necessary. We do have the right to know how prisoners are treated in this country. One of the shames of our society is the high number of people in our prison system. We incarcerate people at an alarming rate compared to the rest of the world. Of course that is best left to another posting...
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