No Escape: Male Rape In U.S. Prisons

Human Rights Watch ^ | 2007.02.12 | Joanne Mariner

[B-Chan]

(Please read the complete text at the link.)

Food for thought.

HRW is wrong about a lot of things, but this isn't one of them. The gist of the report is that racist revenge rape is universal in local and federal detentional facilities. Multiculturalism does not exist Inside; there it's survival of the fittest, and unless you are physically strong and/or backed by a racial gang of your own race, you are fair game. If you are white, you will almost certainly be targeted.

I notice a considerable amount of gloating on FR when a story about inmate rape is posted. Those tempted to gloat would be well advised to remember that it is very easy to end up in slam in the United States, even if you're 100% innocent. The next time it could be you that is on the wrong side of those bars.

[Plains Drifter]

Hmmmmm, I sure hope they find Mike Nifong guilty.

[Dominick]

Another example of the racism inherent in the system. White gangs are evil, black and latino gangs are cultural.

[isthisnickcool]

Those tempted to gloat would be well advised to remember that it is very easy to end up in slam in the United States, even if you're 100% innocent.

The part in bold may be one of the dumber things I've ever seen posted here.

[kinoxi]

He was sentenced for a DUI. That generally means minimum security. The poor guy would still be crying if they locked him up here in BCDC.

[norge]

Personally, I'd consider quitting the booze.

[B-Chan]

You must live in a different United States than the one I live in.

[P-40]

"I've been sentenced for a D.U.I. offense. My 3rd one.

I ran out of sympathy about right there...

[AppyPappy]

I have spoken to several men who have been in prison and they say the rape concept is way overblown. Most cellmates are reluctant to rape their cellie for fear they might kill them in their sleep. Besides cells, men are rarely unsupervised long enough to rape anyone. Where are you going to go where no one can hear you scream in a prison?

[saganite]

On the other hand consider the justifiable outrage here at the 2 border patrol agents currently locked up.

[B-Chan]

The last time I checked rape wasn't a Constitutional form of punishment.

[mysterio]

Punish the warden with jail time for each rape that occurs under his watch. That should fix the problem.

How can a civilized society allow this to keep happening? Any one of us could be falsely accused and tossed in with these monsters.

[EndWelfareToday]

Solution?

Don't violate the law. Don't get thrown in prison.

[camle]

how do they know the prisoners are telling the truth? I mean anybody can say that things hapenned to them, especially if they think that it would help them to get out eralier, or perhaps collect from the gov.

what other supporting evidence do they have?

I'd sure hate to see all this hassle over anecdotal evidence.

[A.Hun]

The part in bold may be one of the dumber things I've ever seen posted here.

Tell that to a Compean supporter.

[pissant]

Well, if the inmates kill a child molester, then I'm more than fine with that.

[ClearCase_guy]

Finally, our choice of U.S. prisons as the subject of this research, over prisons elsewhere in the world, in no way indicates that we believe the problem to be unique to the United States.

Really, it just reflects the fact that we hate this country and enjoy saying bad things about it. Sure, the prisons in Turkey are worse, but we don't hate Turkey, so we'll concentrate on the prisons right here in the US.

[Toggameid]

Dont drink and drive

[B-Chan]

Yep. You're right. All the tough guys here on FR that think it can't happen to them (or their kids) are fooling themselves.

[Tribune7]

good post, B-Chan