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I've read and heard that size doesn't mean anything in prison. If you're a horse you'll just get jumped by 8 dudes. If that fails, next time 10 dudes. It isn't

• SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
  What you've read is a distorted stereotype. Prisons are extraordinarily violent places by normal standards, but "extraordinarily violent" means that something like 20% of prisoners report being assaulted. A substantial majority of prisoners can expect to avoid being seriously victimized, although I want to be clear that I'm not implying that unlucky 20% somehow deserve it.
  • tyingq 6y ago
    I'm going to guess that most prisoners that are assaulted don't report it. That 20% DO REPORT IT implies a much higher number that are assaulted and don't say anything.
    • SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
      The number is based on third-party surveys (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2811042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2811042/) - those surveys could still be biased, but I don't know that there's any better way to get this information and there's no obvious reason the prisoners would be incentivized to lie. You're definitely right that most assaults aren't reported to the prison authorities, for obvious reasons of retaliation.
      • sergiotapia 6y ago
        They have the incentive to lie or they get their wig split.