Shadow
07-14-2012, 12:23 PM
A prison inmate alleges his First Amendment rights are being violated because he cannot have access to jigsaw puzzles.Alan Berkun, who is serving six years for stock fraud, said he was "unconstitutionally barred from ordering a jigsaw puzzle from Amazon.com to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn," according to court documents obtained by ABC News.
The inmate, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit securities, mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, and has a projected release date of May 21, 2015, has petitioned the courts for the puzzles.
"I should be able to order puzzles from Amazon.com - and I think every prisoner should be allowed this right," Berkun said via speakerphone, according to the New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/con_goes_to_pieces_over_jigsaw_p1rk4XjancsdauFpORN mtO#ixzz20RLvaQOs). "I can order a book from Amazon.com."
The prison system declined to comment on the case.
http://news.yahoo.com/prisoner-files-lawsuit-denied-jigsaw-puzzle-jail-110049525--abc-news-savings-and-investment.html
The inmate, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit securities, mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, and has a projected release date of May 21, 2015, has petitioned the courts for the puzzles.
"I should be able to order puzzles from Amazon.com - and I think every prisoner should be allowed this right," Berkun said via speakerphone, according to the New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/con_goes_to_pieces_over_jigsaw_p1rk4XjancsdauFpORN mtO#ixzz20RLvaQOs). "I can order a book from Amazon.com."
The prison system declined to comment on the case.
http://news.yahoo.com/prisoner-files-lawsuit-denied-jigsaw-puzzle-jail-110049525--abc-news-savings-and-investment.html