Brokeback Mountain 'unsuitable' for prisoners

A prison officer in the US is to be punished for showing the gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain to inmates.

Mon, 10 Apr, 2006 - 17:24

A prison officer in the US is to be punished for showing the gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain to inmates.

The Department of Correction in Massachusetts said the Oscar-winning film had been judged unsuitable because it contains graphic sexually explicit scenes.

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Courts Entertainment Heathrow Place: US Place: Massachusetts Place: Boston Person: Heath Ledger Person: Jake Gyllenhaal Organisation: Department of Correction Organisation: Boston Herald

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