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	Sex Fiends See Explicit DVDs By Geoff Wilkinson Herald Sun [Australia] February 19, 2007 http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21247564-661,00.html Sexually explicit videos have been shown to some of Victoria's most notorious sex offenders in their cells at Ararat Prison. Brian Jones, the pedophile known as Mr Baldy, male witch Robin Fletcher and Robert Lowe, the killer of Sheree Beasley, are among prisoners who have had access to the videos. Two of the movies show naked children playing and include close-up pictures of children's genitals. Another, says a former prisoner, is "a full-on rapist's handbook". The whistleblower prisoner was in charge of screening movies in a 55-man unit at Ararat. He was alerted to the content of one of the movies after a sex offender repeatedly asked for it to be replayed. "There are some very inappropriate shows that you certainly wouldn't expect to find in a prison," he said. Corrections Commissioner Kelvin Anderson said the explicit movies had been removed after he was contacted by the Herald Sun. He has also ordered a review of all movies available to inmates. Mr Anderson said X and R-rated films were banned, but there may be some material which was inappropriate for certain prisoners. "We are currently reviewing both reading and viewing materials made available to all prisoners. I will personally oversee this process to ensure proper procedures are put in place," Mr Anderson said. There are more than 500 tapes in the Ararat prison's video library. In addition, a video company provides all Victorian jails with a weekly supply of current-release movies. Prisoners are allowed to watch two of the movies a night on small televisions in their cells. Other movies are shown by request, mainly at weekends, and are streamed into cells by video billets in each unit. Other sex fiends believed to have watched the movies include pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale and Kenneth Trotter, described by a judge as a callous, sadistic and most heartless human being. The Ararat movie library included: SILENT Prey, which according to promotional notes features "violence, nudity, adult situations and sexual situations". The story of a New York policewoman who goes undercover to investigate rapes in a women's college and is "seduced by a sexy lesbian student", it stars a former NYPD policewoman who was sacked after appearing nude in Playboy. an Italian movie about a young man's travels after he leaves a Nazi concentration camp. It includes a scene of him watching naked boys and girls aged under 10 frolicking naked in a field. THE Truce, an Italian movie about a young man's travels after he leaves a Nazi concentration camp. It includes a scene of him watching naked boys and girls aged under 10 frolicking naked in a field. One of the weekly movies supplied to the prison and shown in all units last year was Before Night Falls, the story of gay Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, which includes a scene of a young boy watching naked men and boys in a river. Before Night Falls is advertised as featuring "strong sexual content, some language and brief violence" and also includes gay sex scenes. had spent long periods in the jail's Wimmera intensive treatment unit, where sex offenders underwent programs intended to address their deviant behaviour. The former Ararat video billet said prison records showed The Truce had spent long periods in the jail's Wimmera intensive treatment unit, where sex offenders underwent programs intended to address their deviant behaviour. "I lost count after 100 when I tried to check how many times it had been shown in Wimmera," he said. "Everyone who's done the treatment program in recent years would have had access to that video. "Any major sex offender was guaranteed to have had access, because there's not a cell that's not connected to the video distribution network," he said.
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