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116. That's about how many prisoners in America's jails are raped every day, according to a new report.
Alarmingly, "More prisoners reported abuse by staff than abuse by other prisoners," says Pat Nolan, vice chairman of Prison Fellowship, an organization that ministers to convicts. Nolan calls it a "total abuse of authority" that's also an indicator of a "breakdown of the system" -- a system that purports to be based on the principle of justice.
This issue won't inspire marches on Washington, and it's not new. But a coordinated effort to change the corrections culture...
Abuse in Jails Maks Life a Prison
No man deserves to be raped by another man, no matter what. It is the worse thing that I can imagine. Also you forget an important issue. Not all people who are found guilty and sent to prison, are in fact, guilty!
For an innocent man to be deprived of his liberty and be put in prison is bad enough. For an innocent man to have to try to defend himself against rape or murder in prison is another thing entirely.
In order to have protection you have to join a prison gang and that gang may order you to murder someone in prison. For an...