PITTSBURGH, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- An inmate in a Pittsburgh-area jail who sued for invasion of privacy was told by a judge Tuesday he has no privacy.
Alvin George White, whose criminal history includes convictions for theft, robbery, terroristic threats and drugs and is serving time in Lawrence County Jail, sued for $1 million, claiming a 2010 cellphone-camera video of a sleeping corrections officer, made by another officer, included an involuntary appearance in the recording by him. After the cameraman, Officer Larry McConohay, posted the video to the Internet web site YouTube, White claimed "mental issues" and invasion of privacy in a lawsuit he filed himself in 2011, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In the ruling Tuesday, U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Lisa Lenihan wrote that "Incarcerated persons have no right of privacy in prison. Plaintiff's incarceration is a matter of public record, and therefore not an intimate fact," adding that revealing White's presence in prison online is also not a violation.
