... criminal justice system can't be quantified to a scientific certainty. However, that does not mean that they are not occurring. As a matter of fact, that Human Rights Watch report previously mentioned notes that, "Indeed, it has been estimated that as many as 70 percent of inmates are assaulted by other inmates each year." While this number may not be exact or accurate ... together, where M.R. was raped again. Of course, a face-to-face confrontation with their attacker is not what most rape victims would have to endure immediately following their reporting of the crime, but this is what...

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... of prisoners worldwide has soared to over eight million, the crime rate in many lands has not significantly diminished. Moreover, while large numbers of those in prison are there for crimes involving drugs, the availability to drugs on the streets is still a grave concern. Nevertheless, many consider imprisonment to be the punishment of choice. They feel that when the offender is jailed ... Jill Smolowe in Time magazine. Peter, who has spent 14 years behind bars, would agree with that statement. "Most of my fellow inmates started off with petty crime, then they moved up to property crim...

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