Does ANYONE deserve to be assaulted when imprisoned? What about those falsely accused and convicted, do they deserve to be brutalized?
You also should know that a significant number of “guilty” pleas are because the prosecutor grossly over-charged the defendant, but the accused does not have the financial means to defend against the ridiculous charges, so they take a plea bargain.
Ending prison rape is also a good way to reduce outside rape as it de-normalizes the act, instead of perpetuating it as another way to impose one’s will on another.
Rape of ANY sort is wholly unacceptable in a civilized society, and encouraging it among a group that has no method of escaping the situation is at the least reprehensible and disgusting. Some prisoners may be the scum of the earth, but they are still human beings and their maltreatment is a stain on society.
No society can call itself civilized when it uses rape as a punishment.