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The fact that all it takes is one company with a wrong ID to arrest someone is one thing. But that being taken to jail in America can result in violent prison

The fact that all it takes is one company with a wrong ID to arrest someone is one thing. But that being taken to jail in America can result in violent prison rape (and worse, that it is often met with jokes and snickers) shows a very sad, disgusting part of our society. The article says he's suing EssilorLuxottica but I also hope he is able to sue the crap out of the government that incarcerated him.

mc32 3y ago
Sadly, this is not a US-specific result. It happens in prison systems, not only in developing countries, but other advanced countries too. That said, it's not as common as portrayed in movies. Additionally, statistically most male-on-male sex in prisons is consented. For some proportion of the pop that engages in this consensual activity, may categorize it as rape to avoid stigma in their outside world group affiliation. In the pen the biggest threat is severe beatings.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  Do you have any sources/information to back up your assertions? I did some quick Googling and everything I found just talked about the severity of the problem in the US, though admittedly that could easily just because I am a person in the US searching in English. E.g. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/21/us-more-men-raped-than-women https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/fe...
  - mc32 3y ago
    No, no sources other than knowing people who know people in the pen. Also from what I've read here and there, so certainly things could be different in different locations.
- g-b-r 3y ago
  US prisons are far more violent than in at least most developed world, and for deliberate policy (many politicians and normal citizens think it works as a deterrence, and it's deserved if you're an inmate). And I'd verify what percentage of that consensual activity began with a rape.

mc32 3y ago

Sadly, this is not a US-specific result. It happens in prison systems, not only in developing countries, but other advanced countries too. That said, it's not as common as portrayed in movies. Additionally, statistically most male-on-male sex in prisons is consented. For some proportion of the pop that engages in this consensual activity, may categorize it as rape to avoid stigma in their outside world group affiliation. In the pen the biggest threat is severe beatings.

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Do you have any sources/information to back up your assertions? I did some quick Googling and everything I found just talked about the severity of the problem in the US, though admittedly that could easily just because I am a person in the US searching in English. E.g. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/21/us-more-men-raped-than-women https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/fe...
- mc32 3y ago
  No, no sources other than knowing people who know people in the pen. Also from what I've read here and there, so certainly things could be different in different locations.
g-b-r 3y ago
US prisons are far more violent than in at least most developed world, and for deliberate policy (many politicians and normal citizens think it works as a deterrence, and it's deserved if you're an inmate). And I'd verify what percentage of that consensual activity began with a rape.