Posted on 06/10/2003 9:37:44 AM PDT by 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.
Maybe about the same....the real jerks are the people who want to lock up people who do not agree with their vision of how people should behave. Liquor store owners and Casino owners do far more damage to society than dope dealers but hypocrits like you and Bill Bennett don't have a problem with those guys because booze and gambling are legal.
I don't know who's worse, gambling juice feinds or those who defend them. Both are worse than drug dealers and those who defend them because at least drug dealers and those who defend them know people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Same thing. Next time, ask. You were wrong.
This isn't Saudi Arabia, and the laws are not wish-washy.
Not wishy-washy, eh? Then how come people who sell (and sometimes merely just use) plant substances often spend more time in jail than child rapists?
Tell me if you can, how many people really land in prison accidentally.
Enough. ....way too many.
It wouldn't be a betrayal if your kid asked for it. Your anger would be a bit misplaced. Better to lay into your own kid, and let his friend's parents deal with their kid.
Uh no, duuude. What I am comparing is the first thing a person who has been jail says to the media, "I was raped" to garner symapthy.
Like I said before, the Alachua county jail is probably not that big of a place and this is an article to garner symapthy for the marijuana dealer, IMO.
The "spittle" was reserved for xrp who attempted to defend the drug dealer.
So you'd viciously bore him to death with illogic and hot air, like your posts?
And I can't say I blame the family. Sue their butts.
Provide evidence for your assertion.
Like I said before, the Alachua county jail is probably not that big of a place and this is an article to garner symapthy for the marijuana dealer, IMO.
Please provide evidence for your assertions.
I gather from your post that whether or not the prohibited act is a legitimate use of government power is irrelevant; whether or not he committed the prohibited act is irrelevant; the only thing that matters is whether or not he gets caught.
So your claim is that in fact he wasn't raped, because the jail is not that big? Any facts to back that up? It appears even the jail itself isn't disputing his rape claim - but perhaps you have access to information they do not.
Like I stated before, if the kidnapper and molester in California, screams rape while in jail, I hope you all(pro-drug people on FR) are all as outraged to be consisitent.
I doubt it though, in the pro-drug circles the defense of "screaming rape" in jail for a pot comrade is the knee jerk excuse du jour, IMO.
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