Prison rapes constitute a whole-scale ethnic violence and genocide in the United States. Thousands of former inmates die premature deaths because they contracted AIDS against their will in prison. 85% of prison rapes in the USA are comitted by Black men, despite black men only constituting 41% of the prison population. Most prison rapes in the USA are comitted by black men on white men. The phenomena of blacks exclusively raping whites has been substantially documented since the 1960s. Both quantitative and qualitative data show that blacks exclusively raping whites has been constant. sources: Davis 1968; Jones 1976; Nacci 1978; Nacci and Kane 1984; Bowker 1980; Lookwood 1980; Starchild 1990 For every year in an American prison, a prisoner on average has a 6% chance of being raped. If someone is in prison for 15 years, probability is not in their favor. Rape and Racism: Black Rapists, White Victims A special complicating problem for American prisons is that they are racially integrated institutions (Buffum 1982, p. 104). The oppressive characteristics of race relations in the society as a whole penetrates the relationships between whites and blacks inside prisons (Buffum 1982, p. 104). Scacco (1982, p. 91) argues that the issue of racism predominates as a central point in sexual victimisation within correctional institutions. It has even been cited as being the single most important socio-demographic characteristic associated with victimisation. These statistics may be due to the over-representation of minorities in prisons. However, rapes are not randomly distributed within the prison population, especially with respect to race (Bowker 1980, p.7). In American prisons, studies by sociologists suggest that more than 90% of rapes are inter-racial and may be motivated more by a need for sexual dominance over another race than by sexual passions (Starchild 1990, p. 145). Many rapes are by blacks on whites, suggesting that it gives the lower-class black, who has felt trod upon all his life, his one chance to dominate a white person (Starchild 1990, p. 145). Consequently, the victims are almost always young white prisoners. (Scacco 1982, p. 91) has also noted a disproportionate number of black aggressors and white victims in studies of sexual assaults in jails and prisons. Even if the minority of prisoners are black, the minority of victims are white (Scacco 1982, p. 91). When 'targets' were asked to identify their aggressors at the time of their rape, most were black (80%), some were Hispanic (14%), and a few were white (6%). (Lookwood 1980, p. 28 ) At the Tennessee State Penitentiary, when asked about the races of the aggressors and victims in rape incidents, nearly all whites agreed that the aggressors were black and the victims were white (Bowker 1980, p. 8 ). However, Bowker did note that most black respondents claimed that both blacks and whites raped whites frequently, and there were occasions when blacks raped blacks. As discussed, it is unusual for either black or Chicano youngsters to be 'turned out'. The blacks and Mexicans-Americans tend to look out for their own and will not turn out one of their own race (Wooden and Parker 1982, p.106). Prisons are already segregated by gender; Perhaps the prisons should also be racially segregated. The plain truth is that racially segregated prisons would drastically reduce prison rapes, and prevent the spread of AIDS, both within the prison, and to the outside world. Prisons are one of the primary breeding grounds for AIDS, not least of which because rape and anal intercourse carry a much higher probabibility of sexual transmission (both rapes and anal intercourse are much "rougher", leading to microtearing of skin. even when a condom is used, chances of transmission of disease are still higher). Also, the rate of infection is very much higher amongst certain groups of inmates than others: http://www.politicalforum.com/health-care/225740-aids-rife-black-community.html I think most prisoners would prefer to be amongst their own kind (racially), if given the option. There is obviously much race-based violence happening in prisons. Segregation could dramatically reduce violence.
Prisons are ALL racially segregated. Maybe a few white collar stay open, but take a look inside any prison and its whites with whites, black with blacks, mexicans with mexicans, etc... Black men rape other black men.. white men rape white men. The raping happens more along own race lines, as you are around them more often and can often get them into money problems and put them on a hook.
Prison rape isn't usually about sex, and it's a show of dominance and humiliation in most cases.... I'm not so sure our prisons should be nice places, like the ones in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Right now, except for the level of prisoner on prisoner violence, American prisoners are well fed, and definitly have a better medical plan than I do....so.....
true, but they are overcrowded, especially in California, and the food is absolutely terrible in some of these prisons.
A civilised society is judged by how it treats it's weakest members. Knowingly putting people into harms way, exposing them to rape and murder, with a cold indifference at best is not suggestive of a moral place to live.
Cool. Giving someone a better diet and healthcare system for murder then a freeman in the projects isnt suggestive of a moral place to live either...............
Cool. Giving someone a better diet and healthcare system for murder then a freeman in the projects isnt suggestive of a moral place to live either...............
That's the problem. The lower standard of living and the more poverty there is in a country, the worse the prisons have to be to act as a deterrent. The prisons in Norway or Denmark are like vacation resorts compared to how the poor live in the USA. Obviously this type of compassionate system would never work in the USA - large numbers of the poor would be rushing to get in to the prisons! That is why it's so important to maintain a good standard of living in your country. You never know if you could wind up in jail for a few weeks. Sometimes it happens to those who least expect it.
US Prison Population Soars 790% Since 1980... US federal prison population soars Fri Feb 8, 2013 - The number of federal prisoners has ballooned from 25,000 inmates in 1980 to 219,000 today, according to a new Congressional Research report. That's a jump of almost 790 percent.
There clearly is an ethnic issue but since teh victims are generally white then No one in power will lift a finger to help them.
Sure: Its from Human rights watch http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/prison/report4.html I do hope you actually come back with your thoughts after reading it.
I do not think that prisons should be "nice" places, but a prison sentence should not be a sentence to rape and (in the case of contracting aids - death) We do not do ourselves any favors by allowing this practise to continue. Most of these people will get out at some point. How do we expect someone whose most basic human rights have been so disproportionately violated to behave on the outside? When you create a monster you should not be surprised when a monster acts like one.
Given the appalling conditions of US prisons it only speaks volumes of the way that the US treats its poor.
