By C1 Staff
NEW YORK — A man serving a life sentence for the murder of two police officers was recently denied an appeal to receive premium cable in his cell.
Anthony Bottom, now known as Jalil Muntaqim, filed a grievance with the Attica Correctional Facility over “lack of access to premium television channels,” reports the Times Union.
Attica is designated as a “TV facility,” which means inmates are allowed to own and operate personal televisions as long as the majority of affected prisoners vote in favor of it.
Cable packages are restricted, but inmates can get premium cable if a special inmate liaison committee determines the population is in favor of it.
Bottom was rejected by the prison’s superintendent, a committee and state Supreme Court Justice Richard Mott.
Bottom took his case to the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, where he argued that there was never a proper vote by inmates on the issue of personal television.
He was denied.