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Nearly one in 10 prisoners suffer sexual abuse while incarcerated in state prisons, local jails and post-release treatment facilities, according to a report published Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The report, based on the first National Former Prisoners Survey, includes data from 518,800 former prisoners who were on supervised parole in mid-2008.
An estimated 3.7 percent said they were forced or pressured to have nonconsensual sex with another inmate. About 5.3 percent reported an incident that involved facility staff.
The report’s publication coincides with the Justice Department's release of landmark federal standards to protect inmates in all federal, state and local facilities, under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003.
"For too long, incidents of sexual abuse against incarcerated persons have not been taken as seriously as sexual abuse outside prison walls," the Justice Department said in a statement on the standards. "In popular culture, prison rape is often the subject of jokes; in public discourse, it has been at times dismissed by some as an inevitable — or even deserved — consequence of criminality."
A quarter of those who reported they had suffered unwanted sexual contact at the hands of other inmates said they had been physically held down or restrained and a quarter had been physically harmed or injured. Nearly a quarter (23 percent) reported serious injuries, including anal/vaginal tearing (12 percent), chipped or lost teeth (12 percent), being knocked unconscious (8 percent), internal injuries (6 percent), knife/stab wounds (4 percent) or broken bones (4 percent), according to the survey of former prisoners.
Although any sexual contact between staff and inmates is legally nonconsensual, former prisoners said some incidents were unwilling and some were "willing."
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Most victims of staff sexual misconduct reported some type of coercion. Half said they had been offered favors or special privileges and a third said they had been talked into it. Nearly 7 in 8 in this category reported only perpetrators of the opposite sex. More than three-quarters of all reported staff sexual misconduct involved a male inmate with female staff.
The rate of victimization by other inmates was reported by homosexual (39 percent) and bisexual male inmates (34 percent) at rates about 10 times higher than those reported by heterosexual males (3.5 percent).
In other findings, the report said inmates of two or more races (11.3 percent) and black non-Hispanics (6.5 percent) suffered sexual victimization at rates higher than white non-Hispanic inmates (4.5 percent) and Hispanic inmates (4 percent).
The survey was part of the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which has collected administrative records of reported sexual violence or allegations of sexual victimization directly from victims since 2004.
The new standards require an array of measures to prevent and handle sexual abuse involving prisoners, including additional staff training, grievance reporting systems, increased staff and video monitoring, prompt medical and psychological attention for victims, and disciplinary actions for staff or inmate perpetrators.
"The standards we establish today reflect the fact that sexual assault crimes committed within our correctional facilities can have devastating consequences — for individual victims and for communities far beyond our jails and prisons," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.
The standards will go into effect for federal facilities in 60 days. States that do not comply or demonstrate that they are working toward complying with the standards face the loss of relevant federal funds.
In drafting the standards, the Justice Department was prohibited from placing an undue financial burden on the states. It collected public comment, and haggled with officials from states, a wide array of advocacy groups and other stakeholders, a department official said, explaining why the standards were instituted nine years after the law was passed.
"These standards are the result of a thoughtful and deliberative process — and represent a critical step forward in protecting the rights and safety of all Americans," Holder said.
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Do you really expect me to comment on this???
well you did lol!
Just 10%? I thought it was much higher.
the other 90% liked it.
good mike..real good...no facts, not a comment about gang rape...prisons...nuttin' But I can imagine, as we all know, this goes on all the time in prisons.
10% report it, 30% don't want to talk about it, 20% end up doing it to the next guy they cell with, and 40% pass around the others.
Sounds like JoeNY has done some "Hard" time!
Duh? Must be a very slow news day. I wonder how much this study cost the US tax payer? I can only hope it was part of the "stimulus" program. No pun intended.
We paid through the a$$.
A buttload
Ahhhh, poor babies.....guess if they do not want to be abused, they should have not done the crime to get their sorry butts in prison........don't feel one bit sorry for any of them!
I almost cream in my pants just reading this article. I feel bad for the ones that didn't want it, but who doesn't like anal sex or even a cock in the mouth.
white non-hispanic, white hispanic, black non-hispanic, black hispanic, asian- non hispanic, asian hispanic, eskimo non-hispanic, eskimo hispanic, middle eastern non-hispanic, middle eastern hispanic, outer mongolian non-hispanics, outer mongolian hispanics, bearded non-hispanics, bearded hispanics, moronic non-hispanics, moronic hispanics, non-hispanics with post nasal drip, hispanic with post nasal drip,.....
......have we covered everyone based on hispanic/non-hispanic yet?????
You do the crime, you do the time, and you pay for it in more than one way.
Stay outta trouble and then you wouldn't have to worry about this. Would you?
I suppose the people running the prisons that had sex with these men assumed they were workers benefits. All it shows is that all these heterosexuals running the system aren't as heterosexual as they want the rest of us to think they are.
As for the 10%, I think the number is much higher than that because some men that are forced and raped by these criminals running the prisons don't report it due to embarrassment an shame. I would think it's more into the 20% to 30% of sexual abuse taking place in the prison system.
jussayin-
The other 90% are the abusers.
Hey Bunkie11,
Some are falsely accused and even more are just there because of Marijuana charges. Surely they dont deserve to get buggered up the butt.
Curious01, this is supposed to be a bad story, not a porn. lol
@ Arieus and Bunkie11 - very nice. basically you just justified rape. That's nice. I guess when your daughter is raped, it was because she was wearing an outfit that was too sexually arrousing. "she was askin for it wearing those clothes" Guess she shouldn't have been wearing that shirt. Yeah, you are both idiots. Rape is in no way justified for any reason. Sorry, you're both complete morons.
BT, while I do agree there is a small percentage that were imprisoned even while they were innocent I don't get your statement about Marijuana. Whether you like the fact or not, in many places it IS Illegal. If you knowingly use it or try to sell it and get caught, you go to jail. Simple as that. You are no less guilty than the thug who robbed a local 7-eleven.
Frankly I'm surprised the percentage is that low.
you forgot to mention: "hispanic mechanic"
....I have met quite a few
My wife?
Stay outta trouble and then you wouldn't have to worry about this. Would you?
Isn't this the same defense used by rapists, that "she shouldn't have dressed that way" or "she shouldn't have been there"?
LOLOLOL
For all the idiots saying "they shouldn't be committing crimes, too bad", I think they need to really think about why we are becoming a prison country. Look at the stats, I think the prison population has something like 10x in the last 20 years. We have laws stacked on laws. Every year new laws are made, and old ones stay on the books. I know for a fact, that half the people in prison now would not be in prison 40 years ago. Something is seriously wrong with our standard of justice.
Moral of the story....
Don't want to get f*&#@d in the butt, don't commit any crime.
Keep in mind that a good portion of people behind prison bars don't belong their in the first place. One case comes to mind when I read about this subject. How about the recent Colorado man who was falsely convicted of the rape and killing of a young woman back in 1994. Through DNA evidence he was set free after all these years. At the time however, most people thought for sure the man was guilty. I'm sure at the time, some people like you might say oh who cares of this man got assaulted in prison... Again you need to keep in mind that rape is rape and nobody deserves that to happen to them. Not everyone in jail is some mean ugly person. Be careful what you say, just imagine if YOU were sent to jail for a crime that YOU did not commit.
I think it is absolutely immoral that we continue to allow this to happen. If a person is sentenced to time, it does not mean the jury or judge sentenced them to be raped. How anyone can think this is OK is beyond comprehension.
Wel Mr. Holder, your day is coming, pardon the pun. Maybe you can have Panetta as your bitch.
Then, I assume that if one of your children, wife, sibling, or preferably you get locked up for any reason, it is OK.
What an AHOLE
Screw them, they got what they deserved.
Wow, ANYONE who thinks this is in any way comical or even OK has some real issues they need to address.
So than keep them in their cell 23 hrs a day and only let each person out for 1 hr a day to his own yard. Everyone seems to forget these are criminals and know the risks before the do the crime, it is all over the TV that you will be sexually assaulted if you go to prison. They get no sympathy from me maybe if it happened to more of the less would re-offend, do you care how there VICTIMS FELT? poor criminals in our jails and prisons. we should give them everything sacramento, ca now gives jail inmates computer time!!!!! what the F88K is that all about.
dale it's true. If they wouldnt break the law this wouldnt happen. They get their punisment one way or the other. Bunkie has the right idea. Don't give a f*uck about the prisoners there.
You know, they didn't have this problem when you were allowed to shoot people for deception.
I always love that line in Tombstone, "It was an honest shootin', Sheriff. He called me a liar." =)
Iv never been to prison but iv been to jail 5 times and never got sexualy assulted the only abuse i took was from guards like one who put me in solitary confinment cause he didnt think my blanket was folded perfect.
I'm surprised there wasnt a mention of how rape is used as a tool in prison to make gang members cooperate, a means of checking them for poor gang behavior. Typically when someone in the gang hierarchy steps out of line or commits an action that would be detrimental to the gang. I would guess those members would never admit to having been raped, nor want to reveal that it's a problem within their particular gang. They've been checked, and they're going with the flow now.
NOT EVERYONE IN PRISON IS GUILTY!
Did I just blow your small, authoritarian mind?
I personally wouldn't wear a badge that says, "Gay Rape Advocate" with as much *pride* as some folks here.
I wish it was 100%..if in prison that's their fault..innocent or not!
Maybe they will behave then and not go to prison!
And "hispanic mechanics" are skilled at "keyless entry" i.e. a brick through a car's window.
AW from KC
Where exactly did I say I condoned this behavior? I didn't. If a prostitute or a criminal that gets sentenced to prison, they put themselves in the position of getting or being raped. You don't prostitute, you don't commit a crime and end up in the prison system, then you are most likely not to be raped by other inmates or prison guards. However, prison guards that commit such a crime should be removed and sentenced to prison as well.
I don't commit crimes, I don't prostitute, and I don't hang out at late night bars either. So I have eliminated the chances of getting arrested and raped by not engaging in in bad and foolish behavior.
Many seem to forget that the rapists might some day be released. If rape is condoned in prison, what makes you think that these people won't continue to rape outside of prison?
If u read enough of these threads, u'll find that close to half if not more of these posters have issues.
Looks like Curious01 is about to commit a serious crime.
And I'm still waiting for the people that collapsed the economy to be incarcerated. Think they deserve a good goosing???
What a shocking statistic. 10% is more like the percent of inmates that do NOT suffer abuse.
Don't know if your figures are correct. I do know that the jailers turn their heads the other way at times.
I knew two jailers that as punishment for certain inmates they would lock them in a cell with "BUBBA", a big burly homosexual. They thought this was very funny.
Honestly, I had trouble when he said that sexual abuse outside prisons is much less prevalent.
When we have about a third of women coming forward saying they experienced rape at some point in their lives, I'd say it's pretty damn prevalent outside prison as well. When we have communities slut-shaming a 13-yo who got gang-raped, or people claiming that women deserve what they got because they were wearing something "provocative" or behaving "un-lady-like" or "need to submit to their man" or whatever other excuse they have waiting to explain away the rape, yeah. Rape jokes outside of prison are still considered by many to be appropriate.
I ain't saying that prison rape isn't something we should tackle. I think it's horrible that we'll throw a guy in prison for having an eighth of dope so he can be forcibly sodomized for years, then expect him to be just fine with that after coming out and completely trust law enforcement again. We can't have a functioning society when those who are victimized by the state are made into scapegoats and jokes rather than given rehabilitation.
Prisoners state they are sent to Prison as punishment, not to be punished. It doesn't always work that way unfortunately.
"Death by Booga-Booga!"
How many times you gonna post this?
I'm going to put this out there... If the government is paying $35k+ per person per year to fund privately owned prisons and $12k per student per year to fund education somebody is getting jipped. Can we guess who? I personally think that if the prisoners were working everyday to help pay for their incarceration they would be too tired to abuse one-another in that way.
Echols1, there are about 2.2 million people in jail, and 76 million students (including college). You do the math.
What's really shocking is how people continue going thru the revolving doors of the prison system. apparently they must like all that manly luvin, if not, it seems that once they get out, they wouldn't commit another crime and put themselves back in the same position as before in getting manhandled by another inmate.
Stay out of trouble, then you won't have to worry about being manhandled by another inmate in a prison cell.
Arieus -
Maybe it's douchecanoes like yourself, with your "tough on crime" mantra that you repeat over and over while you condemn innocent people to jail because you know the cops are wrong sometimes, but it's too much effort to make sure they get the right man all the time. Or when you institute mandatory minimum sentencing that unfairly affects minorities. Or when you feel the need to be superior and force convicts to clearly advertise they are convicts and pass laws that make it even harder for them to get a job. Or take away visitation rights by families even though that has been shown in studies to have a high correlation with reducing recidivism.
Or maybe it's the thousand other ways that convicts keep getting punished even after they have supposedly paid their debt to society.
You know, making prisons worse than they have to be does not help anyone in the end, except those that just have a need for vengeance. I can sympathize, but in a civilized society, we generally consider the removal of basic Constitutional rights of freedom of movement, speech, and privacy to be punishment enough. Hence why we don't put alligator pits in prisons. The worse you treat the prisoners, the more likely they are to go back.
My plan would completely eliminate this problem. STAY OUT OF PRISON!
Hopefully, the next person wrongfully convicted of the ever-growing list of crimes, and next person raped in prison, is YOU.
Nice work, "ericstrong", wishing that on someone who made a very non-confrontational comment. Wrongful convictions are very few and very far between. The VAST majority of those in prison absolutely deserve to be there and no one deserves sexual abuse so you should just shut up with your ignorant comments.
I think ericstrong is part of the 10%
who cares? they're criminals.
eric is apparently one of those folks who read an article about how one kid was kidnapped, and thinks it's happening to every girl who steps out their front door.
The less pleasant incarceration is, the more of a deterrent it is to crime. The more we coddle our criminals, the less deterrent the punishment is to crime.
Eric's point is that not everyone in prison truly deserves to be there. We seem to hear all the time about someone being released after years of wrongful imprisonment. If for no other reason, that's why our prisons and jails should be humane.
Barry,
"Eric's point is that not everyone in prison truly deserves to be there."
Is that his judgement to make, or does that authority reside in our laws? Laws can be changed, if the public feels they are no longer necessary strongly enough to make it happen.
yeah-and dont smoke a joint in texas
Yes, you do hear all the time about wrongfully convicted inmates. Because its newsworthy. That doesn't mean its common. It's kind of like airplane crashes. You hear about that every time it happens and it scares the crap out of people. And yet, air travel is statistically much much safer than traveling by car.
I agree with Barry
A few things to consider - 500% increase in the number of prisoners in US penal system from 1980 to present.
In federal prisons, fewer than 10% of inmates are violent offenders - meaning, 1 in 10 committed a violent act. Most of the increases in prisoners is related to drug charges
"Violent crime rates had been relatively constant or declining over those decades. The prison population was increased primarily by public policy changes causing more prison sentences and lengthening time served, e.g. through mandatory minimum sentencing, "three strikes" laws, and reductions in the availability of parole or early release. These policies were championed as protecting the public from serious and violent offenders, but instead yielded high rates of confinement for nonviolent offenders. Nearly three quarters of new admissions to state prison were convicted of nonviolent crimes. Only 49 percent of sentenced state inmates were held for violent offenses. Perhaps the single greatest force behind the growth of the prison population has been the national 'war on drugs.'
G_Rock,
No one deserves to be in prison for pot.
Yashmak,
You don't get it.
BT..Pot is illegal in many areas. Until that changes, they will be imprisoned. Personally I don't care if it is Legalized or not. I don't use it. But if you use the stuff knowing that it's illegal in your state and get caught you have no one to blame but yourself
How many times you gonna post this?
I'm not aware that pot is legal ANYWHERE in the United States, and I live in CA where you can legally buy it, with a so called Dr. prescription, but you are NOT allowed to use it or be 'under the influence'. So ALL of the people in jail for 'pot' ARE criminals.
And for the record, drug offenders are misnomers, not felonies, most don't do jail time for being caught with only enough weed for personal use. They get a fine, not jail time. Nor are most drug offenders innocent lambs, most commit numerous 'other' crimes to support their crappy habit...being a junky is more likely than not a victimless crime, whether you want to believe that or not.
Don't sympathize, can't do the time, whatever the circumstances, then don't do the crime, including drug crimes...all of them.
pardon, didn't catch it in time ***drug offenses*** are ***misdemeanors***....
also, 'more likely than not, not a victimless crime'...
time to get a new spell/grammar checker.
I'm sorry Angela you are wrong when it comes to the person caught with enough weed for personal use not going to prison. In All of the "3 strikes" states you get prison time if you are caught 3 times (no matter how little the amount is).
Eric your statement about not coddling prisoners and giving them punishment so they don't commit an offense again is part of stopping this...Duh...If it is true that only ten% are getting raped than your theory isn't working,but I will tell you it is working the opposite...The one doing the raping and the ones having consensual sex are the ones who enjoy it there and sometimes commit offenses on purpose....The one reason I wouldn't want to be there is because I like the opposite sex....They need to stop the opportunity to have any sex that would be a deterrent to these repeat offenders..Everyone in jail hates the police supervision and lives the chance to do things behind their back including sex..
SW Philly:
I don't know how the prisons would go about "stopping the opportunity to have sex." The primal drive manifesting itself in situational homosexuality/homosexual rape etc., is irrepressible. A force of nature itself. These dudes use other dudes as dehumanized receptacles and outlets for their sex drive. You or I might be repulsed by the thought of hooking up with identical plumbing, but to dudes with no options that stuff is the only game in town. They don't even accept that their participation is homosexual behavior. Get mad if you point out that it don't matter if you pitch or catch you are still on the team. Had a wise old man observe one time that if a guy could see the past he'd find out that today's a$$ bandits are yesterday's rape victims-seeking revenge. Violent world requires vicious and thorough response to any challenge whatsoever. A guy determined to avoid being a victim responds immediately and with violent finality to any overture - verbal or physical - with a sharp and sturdy piece of steel. More than likely he'll be harshly punished - longer sentence and significant segregation time, but when he returns to general population he's no longer attractive to the a$$ bandits. There isn't a long line of guys enthusiastic about taking a shot at a dude that gutted his last suitor. If one's manhood isn't worth killing and/or dying over, he should just bend over, hang his head, and save the whining when these bleeding hearts do their surveys on percentage-violated etc. If it's a non-negotiable character issue nobody has to parole with a size 13 a$$hole.
I would say it's ALOT higher than 10%. 50% are abusers and 50% are abused - it's just a battle of stronger vs. weaker....
Did they count all the Illegal Mexicans in the survey??, this would be a big statistical swing in CA and AZ.
m-
Nah, it's the 80/20 rule. 80% do the other 20% and only 10% complain about it.
That doesn't equal 100%
Rob, yes it does... Sven is saying 1/2 of the 20%. :)
Yes it does Rob... 80% + 20% = 100% Sven is saying 10% of the 20% complain about it.
How many times you gonna post this?
until that dead horse is bloodied...Mr. Clarke is an obvious troll who's obvious...
Lol, I'm gonna see if he calls me insane for posting the same thing over and over.
honestly we need to stop overflowing our prisons and jails with non violent criminals, its a waste of life and tax payer money, once i was threatened with jail time because i had trouble paying a traffic ticket!some judges and polititions abuse there power against the average citizen!
i had to go to traffic court in vienna illinois a few years back. they threw a young female in prison for un-paid traffic tickets. the judge told her she could avoid jail if she could pay just a little $$$- she said she had no money. he asked her why she had no $$$ and she told him there were no jobs- "balif- take her away" was his response. great way to fill jails up
Don't you know that everybody is "innocent" in jail ????????
no evryone in jail isnt innocent but many are there when they shouldnt be, do you think someone who gets caught with a little weed is deserving of serious jail time? or someone that got caught driving without insurance?or maybe license should be sitting in a jail cell? jail should be used for violent offenders or repeat offenders not some soccer mom or 18 year old punk who mayed a little mistake all kids make !
There is usually a reason why someone is driving without a license or insurance, like DUI's. Repeat DUI's should have severe punishment. I presonally don't care if people who drive drunk miltiple times get raped.
Laura, you should hear someone getting raped in jail, you will never be the same again. Maybe it will be one of your family members in the future..........
How about we don't wish that people we disagree with get raped?
@Seven its simple. Dont want to get raped? Don't drink and drive... that should be a slogan for something!
Seven
Have you ever watched someone die from a car crash?
@makessense Yeah, getting charged with a DUI and put in with rapists and child molesters is really not equal. I know you will be touch by this in your lifetime, your son may say I squealed like a littlle piggy Dad but I only had a few beers? Know what you are talking about before you write..........
not all
"Yeah, getting charged with a DUI and put in with rapists and child molesters is really not equal."
What do you suggest we do, spend billions building additional facilities to house criminals who already cost our society billions? Maybe separate facilities for each individual crime? REALLY? The state, and the taxpayer, should feel no obligation to provide such special dispensation for criminals.
Hey Laura...I hope YOU get gang-raped. Then perhaps you'll know how it feels and won't wish it on others.
Yes I have Laura, A DUI driver rolled his Suzuki SUV across from a restaurant parking lot. My wife and I held his hand but he stopped breathing before the paramedics arrived. No, I don't have a DUI and no you do not know what you are talking about as you have not been there dear.......
My brother was sent to jail for taking HIS kids without the ex-wife's blessing when she was nowhere to be found for weeks! He took the kids for 2 days and he got sentenced to 2 years because SHE had full custody. Last year he was found dead in his cell, he was raped for hours by multiple guys and they haven't found anyone guilty but they're still "investigating", no matter who or why the person is in jail I don't think we should wish rape upon anyone. We often forget that we are all HUMAN beings.
Perhaps some of you should learn to read a little better. The fact that I don't care if a person with multiple DUI's is raped is not wishing rape upon them. They just don't matter to me at all. They have made it clear that the rest of us don't matter to them either. Chyron007 - Shame on you!
Thank you Lauren Campos,
These are still people. Many of them in jail for something as little as not paying a ticket or bill. How can any of you say they should be raped.
Hey Laura-313822 the rape master. I'll bet you for the death penalty as well. But something tells me your against abortions.
Lauren Campos-5972620, I was actually laughing at all the ignorant comments until I read your sad story. His Ex-wife & the Judge that sentenced him along with your brothers abusers all have blood on their hands.
Thats also where they find God
It appears that something is missing from Lauren's story. It's hard to believe that a judge would send this guy away for two years if the mother abandoned the children. If she could not be found for two weeks, why did he only have them for two days? There has to be a history of the father that hasn't been mentioned.
There is one decent heart in Lauren, others don't get the truth and feel it will never happen to them. Very sorry for your loss. This real story directly relates to the issue and is never "breaking news" as most of us are not celebrities.......
Seven..I don't care if the drunk uninsured driver who totalled my car is raped in prison.
There is no "law" in "family court" - it's hidden from the public; no one is accountable. I've only seen scum get by and caring dads walloped. I absolutely believe it. And, I'm so sorry!
Watch out sparklystar, now they're going to start wishing gang-rape on you too. I'm glad it was just your car that was totalled and not yourself.
Laura, you define the C-Word........
How many times you gonna post this?
Laura 313822- You are more concerned about what's "missing from my story" THAN a human's dignity and self-worth being taken away from them by rape! You completely missed the point of my story. I hope and pray that you never have to experience living every day with the thought of someone YOU love being rape. What breaks my heart is that my parents have to live with that thought day in and day out and always wonder what the hell he went through in those last moments of his life.
Laura, I didn't wish it on the drunk...I said I didn't care. Shame on you for wishing that on someone. You wish that on someone and try to elude that Lauren is lying by withholding facts. What's up with you????
Yes Lauren, I am more concerned about what's missing from the story.
With the proper spin most stories can be turned into a sad story about the rightous person being the victim.
It's not often that one parent gets "full" custody of the children. There must have been some reason. If the mother abandoned the children but the father was the one sent to prison, there must have been more to the story. If the mother could not be found for two weeks, where were the children for the other twelve days? If the father was simply looking out for the children in the absence of their mother it's difficult to believe that any judge would send him to prison for two years for a minor crime.
Sparklystar,
I didn't wish it on you either. And I didn't wish it on people that drive drunk. I was simply letting you know that there are other posters on this thread like seven and chyron that will now possibly target you. They are the ones that wished gang-rape on me for not caring what happens to people with multiple DUI's.
Laura, I don't wish anything bad on you or anyone on this post. You are just hardheaded and have no personal expereince related to the story. Yet you keep egging it on, stop while the hole you dug is at your waist......
Seven,
You have no idea what experiences I have! No, I have never heard any one being raped in jail. Your post indicates that perhaps you have. I have not been to jail nor do I intend to. You indicate that you have watched someone die. Was it a relative? Was it someone you love?
You found it necessary to call me the C-word. Did you mean Cautious, Christian Conservative? Did you mean Creative Champion with many honors? Did you mean Conservator and Care-giver for a disabled adult?
CRAZY....
Can't an inmate holler when something like this happens? And shouldn't the guards come to their rescue? Sounds like the guards aren't doing their jobs!
most guards are under educated idiots with to much power so your right they either dont care or think its funny, so a lot of them dont do there jobs
Mike seems you could use a little education yourself.
mike is a 10% er
I'm guessing when this is happening, the victim has a shank to his throat to prevent him from hollering. Or maybe something down his throat.
the punisher yes buddy i could use a little education your right but could we all? and tfnj no buddy ive never been in jail or prison let alone raped lol
sorry, I got confused with the 99% ers
Troy - Didn't you notice the part where prisoners were more likely to be raped by the guards than each other?
There is nothing about this story that is not creepy.
well let me tell u all it happens.. and I mean IT HAPPENS.. a friend got his colon torn and died in the prison clinic.. their story he was resisting.. guess who won in court .. yes it was a joke.. a lot of inmates have essentials they have to buy taken from them by the guards; alI wasl this and more has been reported to the states attorney office.. and if you think molasses moves slowly you should watch these guys. In a perion of 6 months I was sodomized more times than I can count.. and I cannot find anyone that cares
As an employee of DOC in Missouri...I can tell you that the staff I work with are very intelligent...in fact the uneducated officer is the exception usually. And, the officers are in the wings every 10-15 minutes, plus there are cameras in several places in each wing. While staff involvement does happen once in a blue moon, it is not as common as some commenters here think. I was an officer for 2 and a half years, before moving on to being a caseworker in a housing unit. There are many policies and programs in place to avoid any abuse (by staff or other offender) from happening. There will be a few cases that do happen, unfortunately (and I am sure there are some that go unreported), and those that happen are dealt with, and often lead to further prosecution of the person responsible (again, both offender AND staff). As far as staff treatment towards offenders...the policy is this...respect them, get respect back. Without respect, there is no way the system can work...they outnumber staff by quite a bit.
how old are you troy and did you ever take a field trip to a public school
maxgiver - I care. Rape is not acceptable under any circumstance. This comment board tears it--I'm officially sick of this society and all its rape advocates.
...and these comments are coming from people who are ostensibly the "good ones," because they didn't go to jail or prison ever. If you advocate rape, you are truly evil and belong in some failed state like Somalia or Yemen, so you can be with other backwards, reactionary thugs like yourself.
Think of the money taxpayers could save if we eliminate prison clothing and laundry services.
Your an id***! Seriously.....your lucky your not in prison, because if you were, then i would be advocating for the removal of prison clothing and laundry services. So I can save my tax payer money......dork.
We could save even more money if we stopped providing food and medical care, too. Let the inmates' families do that.
(Jesssss, I think George was being sarcastic. At least I hope so.)
damn for a jerk u are reall funny RIGHT
"Seriously.....your lucky your not in prison"
It's not luck, if you're not a criminal. Just sayin'.
"Some people use jelly and others use syrup.....I prefer the syrup!"
Thank you, Tossed Salad Man.
we have officially entered the twisted section of US News....
More importantly, who cares?! Maybe you shouldn't be a d!ck stroker and land in jail/prison in the first place.
I really want to say.. that many inmates are in jail and NO realy evidence has been presented to convict that inmate.. I mean does a DUI deserve 60 days or more in jail.. these people are just not important enough to get a lower sentence ans proper legal aid
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MAY HAVE TO DO IN LIFE. IF SOME ONE HURTS someone you care about and gets away with it. you might just find yourself in prison.
read concrete-mama
Max, Yes, a DUI does deserve 60 days. And a 6mos suspension of your license when you get out.
While I'm no condoning the treatment in the prisons, I just have one thing to say. Don't do anything to get yourself put in prison. It's not that difficult.
How many times you gonna post this?
at least they don't have to worry about second hand cigarette smoke - and that is what is important!
Apparently Bubba gets around.
He's such a ho
Well they shouldn't have been there in the first place. Too bas this doesn't read, "nearly 10 percent of inmates are murdered while incarcerated"...
Gee, Rob, just think how much simpler it would be if we just implemented the death penalty for any conviction.
"One size fits all."
An added benefit is that we wouldn't have any repeat offenders.
Really, Rob? You think everyone in jail for whatever reason deserves death? What about cretins like you who are running around free?
Last I checked, there were no anti-cretin laws on the books. . .so they get to continue running around free I guess, eric.
are all of you that think this is a fitting punishment for any crime devil worshipers? not even in the old testiment of the bible does God punish anyone like this.
Severed Head in a Jar - Uncle Henry = and, for starters, we can begin with you! what a dreadful thing to say....
too bad it wasnt 90%.
i guess 10% call it abuse the rest call it dating
or fringe benefits.
how stupid can u get.. hope you all get a chance to wear a cute jump suit.. and learn how to do enemas daily so you can be another inmate or inmates gurl..... its fun to watch .. and would have enjoyed anyone of you get used .. you know it's like putting lipstick on a PIG ..
Hey maxgiver, hope is for those who don't have a choice. Did you or did you not have choice to be in prision? If you had no choice and was falsely accused, then my apologies, if you made a bad decision, hey thats on you.
For those of you who seem to find rape entertaining and comical may I suggest spending some time with a psychiatrist. Total lack of empathy is a good indicator for a sociopath.
LOL! I'm surprised it's not HIGHER!
Why, you know something we don't know?
good grief some of you people are completely heartless, your no better than the people behind them bars with some of the comments you make!
Not heartless, just tired of articles that embrace prisoners when we should be more concerned with victims of crimes.
If you say so......... I rather be heartless than gutless when dealing with criminals.
right on the money onermailliw.
Moreover, I'm tired of articles that paint the criminals themselves as the victims, when in reality they're facing the foreseeable consequences of their own choices and illegal actions. The disturbing thing is how many of the comments here are coming out to defend the victim status of the criminals.
I never saw so much love for rapist.
I guess as a work release program we should hire all the men convicted of raping women as prison guards for the women's detention center.
Inmates who are sexually assaulted ARE victims of crimes.
This is why i will force cops to kill me should i ever be in a situation where cops want to throw me in prison. I would rather suffer a brutal gun death than be forced to endure being violently raped in prison.
Are you sure?
That implies you're all that attractive to other men and look more girly than manly.
I agree, death is far better than suffering rape in jail or prison. If on the off chance the cop used his TAZER I would make his life a living hell after that fact. His family would want to disown him by the time I was finished with him in the courts!
you sound pretty tuff with a pen in your hand
That 10%...what were they in prison for?
Rape
Crimes against children? The elderly?
Even a prison society has moral codes.
Possession of marajuana? Writing bad checks?
Jaywalking
hmmmm...bet they don't repeat their offenses.
NOT paying taxes...because it had to go for rent or insurance...or FOOD for their kids.
because EVEN those of us law abiding citizens...who ALWAYS pay our bills and abey the speed limits...can have bad things happen--like lose our jobs. That's all it takes to get put in a bind and have to make a call between insurance (auto for example), gas (auto), groceries,rent, etc etc.
It also can cause one to do things (or at LEAST consider) things that were at one time (like a whole self righteous(sp?) apathetic month earlier) considered less than desireable-even immoral or "illegal".
I am fortunate that (for now) I can afford to feel the false sense of security aka as my comfort zone (albeit meager/humble means as it is).
If there were only ONE wrongfully convicted person in prison being raped...don't you thing it's a major injustice? We would believe so if it were one of us wouldn't we? One is too many to say "who cares" or "so what" about. To say who cares is to be a bystander-you might as well be participating in it.
I'm NOT a bleeding heart...I am FOR capital punishment. I just know that nothing/no one is perfect--we have wrongfully convicted people in the past. But if I were one of those wrongfully convicted--I would come out hating you all for allowing/enjoying my unearned (violation of my 8th amendment even) demise.
All one would have to do in order to "earn" time in the can...is not be able to pay their taxes or their student loans.
How many times you gonna post this?
I'm sure this number is not accurate!
You must know something, you're not telling us about.
All I know is I'm scared strait.
Well lay down the pipes, and you wouldn't be so narrow. oh, you meant straight........
pay your taxs you shivering little mutt
Say what? I pay more in taxes than you make. Oh I almost forgot, Blow me.
punisher- my bad, thanks. Short nights, long days.
I have that problem too.
Sorry but if you commit a crime that's the chance you take. I'm not losing any sleep over this one.
You seem to be forgetting one important fact. Raping or otherwise molesting another person is a crime, so I guess it's all right with you if we allow people to continue to commit crimes while they are locked up. Something is wrong with that kind of thinking.
Like I said. I'm not losing any sleep on this. It's an unfortunate reality of overcrowded prisons and I will not support additional funds to make life pleasant for people who have no concern for others.
All things above considered, being knocked unconscious seems the way to go.
During the early days of the Evangelical Church in this country, Evangelicals visited prisions to make sure that they were clean and that prisioners were treated well.
Oh ok... (eye roll)
LMAO!
Really? Was Ted Haggard a part of your helpful group? I know he "helped" plenty of gay men before he was removed from the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. But now he is "all better" and even his wife defends him.
The point is we don't care once they are locked up so they don't care when they get out. I grew up in a bad neighborhood, almost no one came back saying golly I'll never do that again... they got worse!
If this thread had been about abortion every Evangelical would be on this like white on rice, but when it comes to redemption for criminals not a soul in sight!
Now I have no problem with punishment, do the crime spend the time, jokes aside we better figure out something. We can't keep lockin' em' it cost to much and there aint no room.
Suds, if Ted were for real he'd be visiting prisons not sponging money off the "Faithful".
"white on rice"
Watch it, not all rice is white. The PC police will be on you.
Ycaintuseait5 - Oh, Ted is for real all right. He was banned from Colorado Springs for a few years but is back. Yea!!!!! Oh yeah....In an interview published in the February 2011 issue of GQ, Haggard said, "I think that probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself as a bisexual," adding that "Just like you're a heterosexual but you don't have sex with every woman that you're attracted to, so I can be who I am and exclusively have sex with my wife and be perfectly satisfied."
Yeah, uh-huh.... Gotta love those Evangiligists.
Evangelists.
That's true. I prefer brown rice, it's healthier.
How many times you gonna post this?
Real men juggle soap in the shower...
Scared men don't use soap!
Hell they don't even shower!
LoL, you can smell a real man. It ain't flowers or mint either.
Being raped is no laughing matter! Whether male or female, inside or outside of prison! It's one thing to lock-up offenders, but to rape them behind those walls? Come on people, things need to change this barbarick practice because these Prisons are turning out worse criminals then we send in! Reform is long overdue!