Prison rape generally involves physical assault, which represents a special kind of sexual victimization behind bars. Sexual assaults that occur in prison are very likely to leave psychological scars on the victim long after the event is over, in the case of the heterosexual rape. ... The report concluded that in order to reduce prison rape, prison officials should take considerably more care in matching inmates together, and that, as a general rule, avoiding double-celling. (Schmalleger, 1997) The justice system and prison officials have been aware of the problem of prison rape and establis...

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The issue the government now faces is the overcrowding in all prisons. ... Howard League explains the development of the prison system through a large back ground of information on how exactly 'prison' was formed. ... This was the beginning of the prison system we now have today. ... Criminal activity has a very wide range of unjustifiable behaviors, and one of the most deranged and vulgar crime of them all is rape. Men go into prison due to rape charges, and continue their irrevocable behavior with inmates who they see as weak. ...

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An organization called "Stop Prisoner Rape" aims to do just that, stop prison rape. ... Prison rape causes many problems besides loss of self confidence in inmates. ... This is due to the lack of protection, and also the prison rapes that so often happen. ... Decreasing the incidences of prison rapes is difficult because due to the general lack of interest. ... Thus reducing incidences of prison rape would both help people in prison, as well as those not imprisoned. ...

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Prison Rapes We all know that our prisons are the final frontier for the socially rejected criminals and violent offenders. ... But do we know what goes on in our prisons and jails? We know we have prison gangs, drugs, assaults, robberies, and even murders in prison. ... The fight against rape in our communities is doomed to failure and will continue so as long as it ignores the network of training grounds for rapists: our prisons, jails and reform schools. ... "It is argued that prison rapes will not decrease unless attempts are made to reduce the prison population, humanize the conditions o...

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"The Reality of the Prison Walls; Fair or Unfair?" ... The prison system to him is considered "unjustified". ... He believes that the prisons are doing their jobs. ... I do not agree on the way that they prisons are run. ... Those whom have committed crimes such as murder, rape, etc. need prison as a wake up call. ...

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When examining the issue of male rape in prisons, it is difficult to state any exact numbers, simply because no exact numbers exist. According to a recent Human Rights Watch report, most states do not keep statistics on male rapes within the U.S. prison system. ... In many instances, juries have found that beatings and rapes have actually occurred in prisons, and yet when they have set forth their decision on damages, they have made it abundantly clear that they do not care that this is the case. ... Dowd found that because of the prisons indifference, three inmates had been raped. However...

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Rape occurs in several different forms. ... Rape affects each victim differently. ... In one study, forty-six percent of rapists who were released from prison were rearrested within three years of their release for another crime . ... Those rapists, obviously, never serve a day in prison. ... So, even in the thirty-nine percent of attacks that are reported to police, there is only a sixteen point eight percent chance the rapist will end up in prison. ...

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What comes to your mind when you see the phrase "rape culture"? ... She was raped by the fun, out-going, everybody gets along with frat boy. ... We are teaching women on how to not be raped rather than teaching men how to not rape. ... In 2003 men accounted for 10 percent of sexual assault victims but most of those men were raped by other men in a prison setting ("5 bizarre"). ... Another question we could ask ourselves is why do men rape? ...

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Some have images of prison as a place where criminals are pushed around; a place where rape and abuse would seem "virtually a fact of life" ("Legislature" 1). ... Rape is rape and is not tolerable. ... When the women in prison try to resist being raped the authoritive figures penalize them for not submitting. ... No person should be raped. ... Controversially though, prisons may then have more problems with homosexual rape. ...

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Forcible Rape in the United States Rape in the United States today is considered to be one of the worst crimes you can commit on a person, next to taking their life. ... Rape is just considered completely wrong in societies eyes. ... Even in the prison system men are often put in separate cells because of threats from other prisoners because they raped someone. ... So you did not hear as much about rape. ... On the other hand though rapists also can get out and back on the streets after only a few years in prison due to good behavior and other influences. ...

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Statutory rape laws refer to the laws that protect minors from sexual abuse. ... Therefore, engaging in sexual contact with such people is considered a rape case. ... In addition, a significant number of individuals who serves as a statutory rape in prisons are women. This has made some decisions regarding rape cases unfair and discriminatory to the boys. ... It is prudent that the statutory rape laws be made neutral in the sense that in the event that an older individual engage in sex with the opposite sex aged 15, then, statutory rape occurs. ...

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Prison? ... He is an African American who faces a life in prison for murder. ... He has been imprisoned since 1977 on a 100-year charge of two counts of aggravated rape. ... He also presents medical documents, which show that the victims were in fact virgins after he was charged with raping them. ... It gives a completely different angle of prison life to all who view it. ...

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Are Prison Reforming or Not! ... Some people question the effectiveness of prisons. ... "For them, prisons are like trade school. ... Of course, not all prisons operate that way. ... Sexual Abuse: In the article "The Rape Crisis Behind Bars,"" The New York Times state that a conservative estimate is that in the United State, "more than 290,000 inmates are sexually assaulted behind bars every year."" ...

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Most Date Rapes occur when date rape drugs are involuntarily induced to the one who is to be raped. ... But as I had said before, rape is rape, whether or not you knew the person previous to the act. ... The penalty for rape is outrageous. I believe that if you rape anyone for any reason, date rape or not, you should be put away for life. You should have to sit in prison and constantly be reminded of the terrible crime you have committed. ...

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Every year approximately 683,000 adult woman are raped, according to The National Woman Studies, 1990. Every hour 78 women are raped, and every minute 1.3 rapes occur on adult woman. Not only are women victims of alleged rape, men and children also experience rape. There is rape harassment everywhere these days. There is sexual harassment in the schools, in prison, and also in the homes between marital and child abuse rape acts. ...

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In our penitentiaries, problems like rape, racism, gangs, robbery, assault, extortion, drug abuse and murder within the walls of the prisons are cries so serious that they are deteriorating the American correctional system. Of all the crimes mentioned, the most serious one in prisons is male rape. ... The rape problem is leading to a graver problem: AIDS. ... Rape crime inevitably leads to another problem: GANGS. ... People go to jail because the society wants to punish them, but the punishments of prison rape seem manifestly at odds with commonly accepted standards of justice (Hel...

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The right retribution for villainous crime such as rape, robbery, murder, kidnapping and other crime of extreme violence is imprisonment. According to the International Centre for prison studies, total count of prisoners in Malaysia in year 2007 was 50305, whereas in June 2013 it has decreased to 39,144(("international centre for prison studies"). ... First of all, law breakers have to face their consequences for their offence in the prison. ... As evidence, in year 2009, baby Aaliyah Aiman a 3 years old girl was abused, raped and molested till death. ... In conclusion, prison is the best puni...

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In Wilber Rideau's "Why Prisons Don't Work" he argues that prisons have little to no effect on crime because "it is a response after the fact, a mop-up operation.... Although I agree with Rideau in that rehab can work for some criminals, ones who have committed mid-level, non-severe crimes crimes, I cannot accept his overall conclusion that prisoners who have done very ruthless, serious things such as murders and numerous raping should have a chance to be let free into society. ... Unfortunately, the prison system does not offer this option to them. ... This is why ...

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One thing that would probably prevent rapes from occurring is assistance and a non-tolerant attitude when it comes to rape. ... "Women who ask for it get raped."" ... Broadly speaking the term "rape- has applied to a wide variety of sexual attacks and may include same-sex rape and the rape of a male by a female. ... A stranger, a friend, a boyfriend, a husband, a cellmate in a prison, a man, women, boy or girl. ... Rape is not just a sexual encounter. ...

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Rape victims continue to be the best-kept secrets in the nation's newsrooms. ... The decision not to print rape victims" names is a matter of sense and sensibility. ... For every 100 rapes reported in this country, only five rapists end up in prison. ... The top concerns expressed by rape victims were; their families finding out they had been raped, people believing the rapes were their fault, people outside the family learning that they had been raped, and their names being made public by the news media. ... Victims of rape need to realize that it wasn't their fault. ...

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The American prison system is the largest in the world. Too many people are thrown in prison and forgotten about. ... Even trying to further his or her education, who would hire a convicted felon that, say murdered someone or robbed someone or even raped someone. ... They are not getting the treatment they need being in prison. ... Chances of going to prison decline with age. 29 percent of inmates claim they have been physically or sexually assaulted prior to prison and even in prison. ...

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Even after prisons were segregated in separate parts of the prison in the late eighteenth century, the women were still guarded by men. ... The female prisoners were often raped in the prisons by the male custodians. The wardens of the prisons would often force the women inmates into prostitution. ... The men that were employed by these prisons were given restrictions to what they were allowed to do at the prisons. ... As time went on more and more men were hired at women's prisons all over. ...

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Because when put back out on the streets, they will molest and rape another child so even if they do not kill these children they should still be put to death. ... Although we all ask a question when someone rapes a child, however, does not kill that child should he/she be put to death? ... The courts explanation if someone rapes and torture a young person, however, does not kill that young individual. ... Although the capital punishment as a deterrent that is a far cry more than life in prison. When a person is abducted tortured and raped, however, they still have their life. ...

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If someone had raped and beat children they do not deserve to live. ... Smith was am army official who raped a girl with intent to rape one more. ... Would you like to live next to someone who had raped children? ... This could lead to future escapes, prison riots, and more money spent on guards and watchtowers to maintain operations inside and outside the prison grounds more efficiently. ... Criminals who commit severe crimes such as murder, rape and some accounts of treason deserve to die. ...

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