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"I wonder how many others there are out there like him. And I wonder when the country's penal system will begin regarding rape as a crime that needs to be punished severely rather than ignored or, in some cases, implicitly facilitated as a means of disciplining particularly problematic inmates. "

Sadly, I don't think it will be any time soon. In any thread on FR that deals with someone going to prison, the rape jokes invariably crop up. I'm not picking on this site in particular, but it's just an example that a substantial number of the public don't see it as a problem. Worse, some apparently view rape as part of the punishment process for transgressors.