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Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated. Prisoner abuse can include physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, torture, or other acts such as refusal of essential medication, and it can be perpetuated by either fellow inmates or prison faculty. [1]
Prisoners thus become more vulnerable to HIV infections and other sexually transmitted infections because of the lack of space and resources available to them. [21] With a larger prison population to watch over, there is less supervision and protection offered to prisoners and many become subject to abuse, including prison rape. [20]
Prison rape or jail rape is sexual assault of people while they are incarcerated. The phrase is commonly used to describe rape of inmates by other inmates. It is a significant, if controversial, part of what is studied under the wider concept of prison sexuality.
The DOJ will pay nearly $116 million to more than 100 women who were sexually abused at a Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, known as the "rape club."
A new investigation from The Washington Post has revealed that over the past two decades, almost 1,800 police officers were charged with crimes related to child sexual abuse. Even worse, of those ...
A new indictment accuses a former correctional officer at a now-shuttered federal women's prison in California dubbed the "rape club" of abusing more female inmates.. A federal grand jury issued a ...
A typical prison cell block in Guantanamo Bay detention center, Camp Delta. Prison violence is a daily occurrence due to the diversity of inmates with varied criminal backgrounds and power dynamics at play in penitentiaries. The three different types of attacks are inmate on inmate, inmate on guard (and vice-versa), and self-inflicted.
Some theorists charge that the acceptance of these sexual practices increase sexual violence against women, by reinforcing stereotypical views about women, who are seen as sex objects which can be used and abused by men, and by desensitizing men; this being one of the reasons why some theorists oppose the sex industry.