The Department of Justice instructed prison auditors across the country to simply stop assessing whether facilities are violating laws designed to shield LGBT+ prisoners from sexual abuse
75% of respondents reported at least one instance of sexual violence by Corrections Officers
(COs).
This includes:
• 48% of respondents who reported violence from a single male CO.
• 32% of respondents who reported sexual violence from multiple male COs.
Respondents reported numerous types of sexual assaults by COs :
• 68% were touched in a way that felt inappropriately sexual while they were clothed, including 57% who had their chest/breasts touched, 43% who had their genitals grabbed, and 55% who had their bottom grabbed.
• 36% were asked to strip search in front of other incarcerated people.
• 36% were asked to remove their bra in front of male COs during a strip search.
• 27% were forced by a CO to perform oral sex.
• 18% had their naked genitalia touched by a CO.
• 16% were forced to perform anal sex by a CO.
• 20% were forced to perform another sexual act by a CO.
That it’s become a popular joke in many circles is especially damning. Maybe just maybe, we should actually focus on rehabilitation and support. And less on torture and separation. It would certainly benefit society as a whole.
Rape in the system is a feature, not a bug.
From a report about trans inmates:
That it’s become a popular joke in many circles is especially damning. Maybe just maybe, we should actually focus on rehabilitation and support. And less on torture and separation. It would certainly benefit society as a whole.