Student in jail for drugs is raped

Gainesville Sun (FL) ^ | June 10. 2003 | Kathy Ciotola

[MrLeRoy]

An Alachua County college student in jail on marijuana charges was raped over the weekend by his cell mate, a man already being held on sexual battery charges, authorities said Monday.

The 19-year-old student was serving four weekends in jail on charges of delivering marijuana, said Alachua County Sheriff's Sgt. Jim Troiano. Last weekend was the first weekend of his sentence.

His cell mate held a ballpoint pen to the teenager's neck at about 9 p.m. Friday and then forced himself on him, Troiano said. A member of the victim's family reported the incident to authorities on Saturday.

Jail detention officers, who check the cells at least once an hour, heard nothing and nothing was reported to them Friday, Troiano said.

Randolph Jackson, 35, was charged with sexual battery. Jackson has been in jail since July on charges of sexual battery in a different case that is still pending.

The two were put in a cell together because they were both charged with felonies, Troiano said. Also, there was very little room in the jail last weekend, Troiano added. There were 918 inmates and the jail's capacity is 920.

"If there was space available, absolutely we would rather keep our weekenders in a pre-designated area," Troiano said. "But because we don't have much space available we have to do with circumstances on hand."

Inmates are assigned to cells based on their charges, their history and other factors, he said.

These two inmates were being held in a two-man cell in pod 1-B. Inmates who are awaiting trial or who don't yet have a jail classification are kept in this section, Troiano said.

Jail officials don't house inmates who are charged with misdemeanors, which are less serious crimes, with those who have felony charges, he said.

Troiano said this was the first sexual battery reported at the jail in the memory of jail officials.

Jackson never showed any signs of having sexual tendencies toward other inmates, Troiano added. He has since been moved to his own cell.

[MrLeRoy]

Serves him right for toking the demon weed.

[MrLeRoy]

Wod_list ping

[jjm2111]

The "justice" industry claims another victim.

[jmc813]

WOD Ping

[jmc813]

I could be wrong, but I believe it was you who took offense to the term "government rape camp" last week.

[RaceBannon]

yeah, far be it we should expect this little felon to obey the law in the first place

imagine that: if he only obeyed the law in the first place, he would not have been put in jail!

Now, how many times was he busted? First offenders dont go to jail,my friend, we all know that!

[DoughtyOne]

You've got some pretty quick minded officials back there if they think placing a non-violent offender with a violent offender is a good idea. What were they thinking? Obviously, not at all!

[Mr. Mojo]

"If there was space available, absolutely we would rather keep our weekenders in a pre-designated area," Troiano said. "But because we don't have much space available we have to do with circumstances on hand."

And there's no space available because Uncle Sam throws people in the slam for injesting certain plants and plant substances. History will look upon this time in American history not much differently than we currently view Saudi Arabia.

[DManA]

If you think rape is the appropriate punishment for marijuana use, you should take the honest approach and lobby your representatives to make it the law.

[Cyber Ninja]

How much do you think the law suite will be for?

[xrp]

Maybe next time your beloved War on Drugs will get this non-violent drug offender murdered. I bet you'd love that wouldn't you? Why be anti-abortion if you're pro-murder?

[xrp]

Next time you ingest alcohol, how about if we see to it that you get raped?

[Freedom2specul8]

Pot offenders should not be housed with violent offenders. That's crazy..

[robertpaulsen]

Is "toking" drug slang for drug dealing?

[Mr. Mojo]

Now, how many times was he busted? First offenders dont go to jail,my friend, we all know that!

That depends on the state, and the judge. ....Many times they do.

[Roscoe]

this non-violent drug offender

What is his name?

[Guillermo]

Society sentenced him to jail, they didn't sentence him to be raped.

[Age of Reason]

if he only obeyed the law in the first place, he would not have been put in jail!

How nice of you to judge his guilt or innocence before he's even tried.

[trebb]

Pot offenders should not be housed with violent offenders. That's crazy..

Perhaps not, but the real point is that it is illegal and those that knowingly break the law knowingly put themselves in danger of being incarcerated. Philosophical insight and reality aren't always in tune with each other.

[Guillermo]

"Toking" is what Clinton said he didn't do, when asked if he had ever smoked pot.