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The prison rape jokes are especially noteworthy, as many people now seem to assume that getting raped as an inmate is indeed normal.
by netrus 14y ago
The prison rape jokes are especially noteworthy, as many people now seem to assume that getting raped as an inmate is indeed normal.
- jiggy2011 14y agoAs far as I'm aware prison rape is actually pretty rare outside of a handful of mainly US institutions.
- antoko 14y agoYes it is mainly in the US, but I think calling it "pretty rare" isn't helpful. For 2008, for example, the government had previously tallied 935 confirmed instances of sexual abuse. After asking around, and performing some calculations, the Justice Department came up with a new number: 216,000. That’s 216,000 victims, not instances. These victims are often assaulted multiple times over the course of the year. The Justice Department now seems to be saying that prison rape accounted for the majority of all rapes committed in the US in 2008, likely making the United States the first country in the history of the world to count more rapes for men than for women. http://nplusonemag.com/raise-the-crime-rate http://nplusonemag.com/raise-the-crime-rate
- jiggy2011 14y agoInterestingly (in the UK) sometimes minors are actually glad to get sent to youth offenders institutes because they can get away from the sexual abuse that they had on the outside.
- gurkendoktor 14y agoAccording to a recent article from Germany[1] (excuse my crude translation): > There is a 7% probability of being raped within one month of entering youth jail And to spice it up with sexism, the state's minister of justice explained: > Well, a jail is not a girls' guesthouse. [1] http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/mobbing-vergewaltigung-pruegel-niedersachsens-justizminister-ein-knast-ist-keine-maedchenpension/7009056.html http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/mobbing-vergewaltigun...