Other more shocking statistics are (Anderson, 2001):
There is an estimated 300,000++ instances of prison rape a year.
Among this, 196,000 are estimated to happen to men in prison while 123,000 are estimated to happen to men in county jail.
40,000 are estimated to be committed against boys in either adult prisons or while in juvenile facilities or lock ups.
5000 women are estimated to be raped in prison.
The above statistics were all estimated because it is a common knowledge that most rape, particularly that which happened inside the prison cells, are not reported. The same study (made by Anderson) also revealed that the common attributes of the rape victims are (Anderson, 2001):
Those who are young.
Those who happen to come from a middle-class background.
The whites.
Those who are not street-smart or have no gang affiliations.
Those who are physically of small stature.
From the information above, it can be assumed that the common denominator for all those is that of being a "weakling." Those "criminals" could easily force youngsters, rich people, small-built individuals and looking so naive people to do and/or accept anything that they would want them to do hence, the rape.
Meanwhile, a certain newspaper revealed other sordid details of rapes cases that has occurred in prisons. These are (Harper, 2005):
Much of the sex that takes place in prison happens along gender lines.
Depending on a person's role in the sex act, participants are identified in prison culture as men or women.
Most of the sex was highly coercive and considered as a blatant rape.
According to prison culture, anyone who had been "sexually penetrated in a power-defined interaction," was considered a woman, and it was then their job to provide men with sex.
'marriage' begins with the act of rape (penetration), and the 'wife' is then the constant target of humiliation.
Some warders take part in 'trade', because, as bad as it may sound, there is no clear policy regarding sexual assault. The situation was aggravated by warder involvement. Warders take part in the "trade" of prisoners for coercive sex and rape.
These, plus the fact...
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