'Brokeback Mountain' Shown to Prison Inmates

A correctional officer recently showed the film "Brokeback Mountain" to inmates at a prison in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Even in liberal Massachusetts one would think authorities could figure out that showing explicit gay sex scenes to incarcerated male inmates is not a good idea.

Apparently, someone did. The officer responsible is being disciplined.

Still, the Massachusetts Department of Correction is trying to shape its rhetoric and come up with a politically correct explanation for the disciplinary action.

Carefully avoiding the obvious, that the movie is gay-themed, spokeswoman Diane Wiffin told Reuters that in no way was the action related to the film's plot.

"It was not the subject matter, Wiffin insisted. "It was the graphic nature of sexually explicit scenes."

The Left Coast Report hears that inmates support the disciplinary action but for a different reason - the gay cowboy flick bites.