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Georgia Prison Guards Caught in Bondage Videos
More than 150 law enforcement officers from various Georgia agencies including the Department of Corrections, have been moonlighting as actors in gay bondage videotapes since 1980. Sold over the internet, the tapes include scenes of kidnapping and torture.
In November 1999, Hays State prison guards Roy Utt and Lt. Joe Johnson were ordered to stop working as actors for the company making the videos, Academy Entertainment. Although a new Georgia DOC policy forbids actions that would reflect discredit on the department, prison officials admit they are powerless to stop the sale of the videotapes on Internet sites that sell sexually-oriented material to gay men.
Johnson and Utt were both given "verbal warnings" and "heavy counselling," but were not punished further because both guards had "good work records." Hays State Prison warden Billy Tompkins said both guards were embarrassed "and said they were sorry for having done it."
According to its Web site, Academy Entertainment "offers unique videos featuring domination . . . with real military and law enforcement personnel to achieve and unparalleled level of realism." Academy advertisements offer an "opportunity" to stay at a fake prison that "caters to men who are curious about brig and prison life but do not want to get arrested to satisfy their desires."
Utt says he has come to know Jesus Christ since participating in the videos and that he would like to have that part of his past removed from the Internet. But he acknowledges, "there's nothing I can do except live with it." Johnson did not respond to requests for comments.
PLN had previously reported about Academy Entertainment in an article by Dan Savage [ PLN , Oct. 1999].
Two other workers at Hays State Prison admit acting in pornographic videos but said they had stopped years earlier. No action was taken against them.
Corrections Commissioner Jim Wetherington said there is no excuse for the guards' participation in the vidoes. "To me, it's offensive," he said. "Something like this makes us all look bad."
Source: Athens Banner-Herald
In November 1999, Hays State prison guards Roy Utt and Lt. Joe Johnson were ordered to stop working as actors for the company making the videos, Academy Entertainment. Although a new Georgia DOC policy forbids actions that would reflect discredit on the department, prison officials admit they are powerless to stop the sale of the videotapes on Internet sites that sell sexually-oriented material to gay men.
Johnson and Utt were both given "verbal warnings" and "heavy counselling," but were not punished further because both guards had "good work records." Hays State Prison warden Billy Tompkins said both guards were embarrassed "and said they were sorry for having done it."
According to its Web site, Academy Entertainment "offers unique videos featuring domination . . . with real military and law enforcement personnel to achieve and unparalleled level of realism." Academy advertisements offer an "opportunity" to stay at a fake prison that "caters to men who are curious about brig and prison life but do not want to get arrested to satisfy their desires."
Utt says he has come to know Jesus Christ since participating in the videos and that he would like to have that part of his past removed from the Internet. But he acknowledges, "there's nothing I can do except live with it." Johnson did not respond to requests for comments.
PLN had previously reported about Academy Entertainment in an article by Dan Savage [ PLN , Oct. 1999].
Two other workers at Hays State Prison admit acting in pornographic videos but said they had stopped years earlier. No action was taken against them.
Corrections Commissioner Jim Wetherington said there is no excuse for the guards' participation in the vidoes. "To me, it's offensive," he said. "Something like this makes us all look bad."
Source: Athens Banner-Herald
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