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Old 06-15-2007, 10:42 AM
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Sex Stimulants Banned In Prison

Sex Stimulants Banned In Prison

Australia - Jail inmates in South Australia will be barred from obtaining medication for erectile dysfunction under a state government crackdown.

Correctional Services Minister Carmel Zollo today said she would introduce legislation in parliament this week to stop unauthorised transactions between prisoners and staff.

The action comes after one of South Australia's most notorious sex killers, Bevan Spencer von Einem, was found last year to be selling artwork to other inmates and prison officers in Adelaide's maximum security Yatala prison.

Von Einem, who is serving life in jail for the 1983 rape and murder of 15-year-old Richard Kelvin, reportedly was also provided with home-cooked meals and had been prescribed a drug for erectile dysfunction by a prison doctor.

Under the legislation, prison staff face a fine of up to $10,000 or two years imprisonment for entering into an unauthorised transaction with prisoners.

Prisoners will also be barred from accessing money anonymously deposited into trust accounts and prevented from profiting from their artwork while in prison.

People found supplying sexual stimulant medication, such as Cialis and Viagra, to inmates face fines of up to to $2500.

Ms Zollo said the amendments were intended to crack down on reprehensible and unacceptable behaviour and punish future perpetrators.

"The changes address the legislative deficiencies identified by the von Einem investigation," Ms Zollo said.

"I don't want to see prisoners profiting from their notoriety.

"I think it is particularly insulting to the victims of crime."
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I'm pretty sure that in America the government actually PAYS for 'erectile dysfunction medications' for prisoners...Or used to

Someone look that up...I'm busy :p


EDIT: Okay, I looked it up...The US government WAS paying for erectile dysfunction drugs (Viagra and Cialis) via medicaid, it turned out that MANY people who were receiving the drugs on Medicaid were registered sex offenders (not prisoners)...Umm...Not much better...

Apparently when they make this connection, they stop it
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