Inmate Sexual Violence In Prison

The issue of sexual assault in correctional facilities is very complex and the implications reach far beyond the walls of the institution. Congress found that “prison rape endangers the public’s safety by making brutalized inmates more likely to commit crimes when they are released.”

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We will discuss two models for inmate subculture: the deprivation model and the importation model. The Deprivation model suggests that “the prisoners suffer and get frustrated due to the absence of liberty, privacy, free access to goods and services, heterosexual relationships, autonomy and security” (Stojkovic, Stan & Lovell, 1998). This theory clearly says that inmate subculture is evident through the pains of imprisonment. While the importation model says that the subculture is evident because the prisoners are replicating the outside world. This model includes the prisoner-staff dynamic, 3 types of inmates, various racial groups within the prison population, type of offence, record of recidivism (re-offending), personality differences (prior to imprisonment), power of “politicians” (top of the inmate social hierarchy), work gangs, work groups, and sexual “deviation” which would directly affect inmate subculture. Both inmate subculture models comprise of a behavior code, a power hierarchy, an economic system for illicit goods and service distributions and “argot”

Prison rape in jail can ultimately bring hierarchy between the weaker and the stronger. Although many would believe rape offenders in men’s prisons are mainly homosexuals, studies have shown that homosexuals are more likely to be sexually abused than perpetrators. In prison it is actually known that men become rapists to overpower their victims. Patriarchal systems of power, male incentive to overpower the weaker, exist both outside and inside of jail. In any community, women are seen as weak; therefore, men tend to overpower women. Most prisoners have this same mentality; therefore since there are no women to overpower they decide to suppress the weaker or smaller sized inmates. Victims are also effeminized and given tasks to perform such as cleaning dishes and cooking food. Physiologists believe that prison rape is not caused by the lack of women, but “mainly as a means by which people who have been stripped of control over the most basic aspects of their lives- when to eat a meal, take a shower, or watch TV- can reclaim some sense of power.”(Brook) According to Wilbert Rideau, a Louisiana prisoner wrote “the

Contrary to popular belief sexually transmitted diseases are not the only physical harm victims of prison rape endure. Many rape victims endure broken bones, broken noses, bruises, cuts, concussions, and the obvious genital injuries. Sexual assaults also increases violent behavior in prisons because inmates who feel like they may be a future target of sexually assault, defend themselves, and lash out in these violent rages and fights to establish themselves with a “tough guy” reputation to prevent any sexual misconduct from other inmates.

Many people have many different opinions when it comes to the consequences a given person who commited a crime must face. Some individuals specifically go on to commit crimes within the facilities they are imprisoned within, hence extending their punishment by being placed into, “The Box” as inmates call it, which totally separates the aggressor from the general population. Despite the fact that these are safety precautions, the deplorable conditions in which that given person must endure, regardless of how awful the crime that was committed”, remains in a controversial state in which that it may be making the inmate more unstable mentally.

Finally, it long has been recognized that the placement of male officers in a female prison is often the petri dish for growing corruption (Brasswell, McCarthy, & McCarthy, 2008). As exhibited in the Maryland incident, though, it is certainly not limited to male guards. It is, in fact, an occurrence that occurs in virtually all opposite-sex cultures. Aside from the natural attraction that occurs between individuals, there is also the possibility,

As it was stated before, prison sexual violence can also be performed by paying for sex or sexual favors. There are two types of payment: drugs or benefits. If the prisoner is a drug addict, he or she will need to satisfy his or her addiction, so the addict will have to sell his or her body in order to get money to pay for the drugs which can only be acquired from prisoners who have more power or who belong to a powerful gang or group in prison who can acquire the drugs. Prisons are as micro-societies where all the negative values are exacerbated and the positive ones reduced. As in all societies, there is also a market, illegal and difficult to beat

Sexual assault in jail serves as a way to show one’s control and domination (Guerrero, 2008, p.30). Some prisoners are lacking the expression of their sexuality and become dominant over other inmates (Struckman-Johnson, 2013, p.444). Others do it because of their dislike of another prisoner. Such dislike can be based on racial background, which is a major issue in prisons, because people, whose race is dominant in the prison tend to be predators and sexualy violate other prisoners (Wolff, 2008, p. 466). Furthermore, other reasons for sexual assault can be sexuality of a person or age. Younger people or gays tend to report more cases of sexual assault than other groups of inmates (Wolff, 2008, p. 465). Since it has always been a big issue for the society, there were various methods used in order to try to prevent it. Clearly they are not properly working, because it remains to be today’s issue (Struckman-Johnson, 201, p. 430).

In prison, women are considered to be less violent than male inmate. This difference is not taken into account upon constructing prisons for female offenders. In fact, construction is based on the correctional model about men being violent. Each gender interacts within prisons differently as well. For instance, males form gangs within prisons. They act territorially and fight to maintain power. In addition, men are more likely to congregate by race. On the other hand, females look to form small families that are not racially specific. Women will fight due to jealousy. However, they are more likely to vent their hostility upon themselves through self mutilation. The way the prison is set up also creates a difference. Prisons for males dived prisoners via classification based on the dangerousness of the crime. In contrast women’s prisons generally allow incarcerated women to mix freely (Stuart von Wormer & Bartollas, 2011).

Prison rape refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates or by prison staff. In 2001, Human Rights Watch estimated that at least 140,000 inmates had been raped while incarcerated in the United States. A United States Department of Justice report, Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, states that "In 2012, an estimated 4% of state and federal prison inmates and 3% of local jail inmates reported experiencing one or multiple incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since being admitted into to the facility in less than 12 months." Imagine a young woman being handcuffed as a large man beats and rapes her with such force that it results in her rectum being

A contentious prison subculture determines the experiences of imprisoned men: one that is inherently focused on masculinity and the assertion of dominance. An examination of the underlying factors that lead to intense masculinity in a prison environment assesses the hostility and aggression that exists within all-male prisons, and how that affects the experiences of incarcerated males. This essay will discuss the usefulness of Marxist theory in understanding and evaluating the experiences of men in prison, ultimately arguing that despite the singularity of the prison subculture as compared to society, the Marxist theory can aid in understanding and evaluating the experiences of men in prison. The power dynamics existent in a hypermasculine prison subculture is highly relevant to Marxist notions of inequality and dominance; however, the process of prisonization leads to a unique prison environment that differs from that of modern society in substantial ways, subsequently affecting the

For centuries the general public have perceived that the deep horrors of the prison system only existed within the majority of incarcerated male inmates. However now due to recent investigations researchers are finding that this is not the case. For a lengthened period of time the female prison system have been given low attention in comparison to male inmates

The distinctive cultural groups contrast to conventional norm of subculture has demonstrated the increase of prison enrollment. Norms that is labelled as deviant that can range from pickpocketing, stealing, rapes and murders. These vast differences of degree of deviant behaviors causes juvenile jails or regular jails. From the mass enrollment with the general populations in prison of the same sex that can range from different severity. While in jail many unwilling sexual intercourse if performed. Rape, is the unwanted and force sexual intercourse from someone of the same or opposite sex. According to the Editorial Board, “Previous studies have found that juveniles housed in adult facilities were at greater risk of sexual assault than

When an individual is introduced to the prison life, after violating rules and laws, he or she must come to terms about the journey he or she are about to take behind bars in prison. No one can save them, or do their time for them, and a majority of their freedom has been stripped from them either temporarily or permanently. Prison life deals with all walks of life and is not discriminative toward any race. In this paper I will discuss my perspective on prison life, policies I would enforce an inmate’s need for respect, changes on correctional policy, and why people commit crimes.