Is it legal for an inmate to have a victim's picture in prison?
Asked on Apr 28th, 2016 on Criminal Law - North Carolina
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I have been told that the man who assaulted me has been showing other inmates my picture. Is this not a violation of my rights since he's been convicted of first degree rape?
While it may be disturbing to you, your rights as a victim regarding possession of a photo are limited to basically preventing the criminal from profiting from his crime but not much prevents them from bragging about it. So basically if he got a hold of a picture of you some how and is now showing it off and essentially bragging about raping you, there may not be much you can do about it. I find it more disturbing that you even found out about it especially if you are keeping tabs on your rapist. Anywho, if he is in prison, you could potentially contact the warden and / or some one in administration and they may take the photo away from him as they do control what property he is allowed to have.
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