Prisoner wins legal right to send fiancée letters covered with his semen in lawsuit
A German prisoner has won the legal right to send his fiancée letters covered in semen after arguing that stopping him from doing so suppressed his sexual fantasies
A court ruled the inmate can continue sending dirty letters after he argued guards should just wear gloves (Stock image)(Image: Dean Purcell/Getty Images)
A prisoner has won a bizarre legal battle allowing him to send letters coated in his own semen to his fiancée following a German court ruling. The convicted drug dealer, who is serving a multi-year sentence at the Schwerte correctional facility, said stopping his sperm-soaked mail would stifle his sexual fantasies.
The inmate and his lover had been swapping bodily fluids through the post for some time. However, prison bosses cracked down on the mucky correspondence after deciding the fluid-stained letters posed a major health hazard.
Under prison rules, guards are required to inspect mail for contraband. Jail authorities argued that handling the semen-covered pages was a “violation of the duty to protect health and maintain orderly coexistence.”
Prison bosses at the Schwerte correctional facility tried to ban the letters, claiming they were a health hazard(Image: Google)
As punishment, the prison hit the inmate with a one-week ban from recreational activities, stripping him of his rights to take part in sports and cultural events.
But the determined felon refused to back down and launched a lawsuit against the disciplinary action.
According to German legal journal Beck Aktuell, the prisoner claimed the ban suppressed his sexual fantasies and violated his fundamental right to the free development of his personality.
The inmate successfully argued that stopping him from writing the intimate letters violated his rights (Stock image)(Image: Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
He even suggested a simple solution for squeamish guards. He said if staff felt disgusted while searching his mail, they could just wear gloves.
Furthermore, he argued that sending bodily fluids in the post was not a criminal offence.
In a surprising turn of events, the Hagen Regional Court ruled in the prisoner’s favour, declaring there was “no legal basis” for the prison’s punishment.
The ruling means the inmate is free to resume sending the sperm-soaked letters to his loved one.
Judges decided the man had not breached his duty to support health and hygiene measures inside the jail, ruling that these rules are in place to protect the health of inmates, not the prison staff. Because of this, any health concerns raised by the guards were deemed legally irrelevant.
The court also threw out the claim that he had disrupted “orderly coexistence,” stating that this guideline alone could not be used to issue a disciplinary offense.
The legal journal noted that the prisoner was found to have committed only one minor violation – by including semen, the mail technically classified as a “package” rather than a standard letter.
Under German law, inmates must get permission before sending packages. However, the court ruled it could not retrospectively punish him for failing to secure a permit.
