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There are over 2.2 million people in US correction facilities and probably more if you count over a whole year. That gives a rate of under 10% which is high but
by marcinzm 8y ago
There are over 2.2 million people in US correction facilities and probably more if you count over a whole year. That gives a rate of under 10% which is high but supports the previous comment of the vast majority of prisoners not being assaulted.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoExactly. If you assume the population in general is "people caught up in violent crime", "people unlucky enough to be caught for petty crime" and "everyone else" then take a sampling of the first two groups (i.e. prison) and then re-check your crime stats of course it's going to look bad compared to the overall population stats. That doesn't mean the risk of becoming a victim of violence for the "people unlucky enough to be caught for petty crime" group goes up anymore than it would if they suddenly found themselves in equal contact with the "people caught up in violent crime" group outside of prison.
- inflatableDodo 8y agoI suspect that victims of rape in prison are not chosen through mere association any more than they are outside of it.
- Retric 8y agoA large number of people are in prison for multiple years. 10% of prisoners are serving 10+ years making that “10%” risk each year rather scary. Actual lifetime risks of the median prisoner are hard to calculate, but may exceed 40%.
- inflatableDodo 8y agoThank you for making this point. Am amazed (and not in a good way, I have been biting my tongue) at how dismissive people seem to be of a ten percent risk of being raped in a given year.