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.
Enough generalities. Lets get your opinion on a real instance. I have a friend who went to prison after he was convicted of dealing drugs. I have known him for years and have no reason whatsoever to disbelieve his story. I have confirmation from other peple too. He gave a neighbor a ride on his way into town. His neighbor said he had to pick up his keys at a friends house. He waited in the car for his neighbor and then they went to town. It turns out, his neighbor went inside and sold a bag of weed to an informant. So, since Jack drove him to a drug sale, he got charged too. He knew nothing about the sale until he was charged. The police and prosecutor didn't believe him, or didn't care.
They charged with distributing near a school since it was within 500' of the state university's land, and he got a mandatory minimum sentence. He went to prison.
In your opinion, did Jack deserve this? According to your criteria, he was convicted of a felony and he was a drug dealer. He must be scum. Would he deserve to get raped in prison?
PS - If our children bought weed, they would be just as guilty as the dealer. They are creating the demand. Drug dealers typically don't seek out kids to victimize. They are sought out by the kids.
That's not true. Society knows damn well what goes in those prisons and the truth is, most of society doesn't care.
Yes, it's anything butt.....
I should point out, and amplify, that in America we can get the laws changed through peaceful means. Thus, I don't want to hear anything about our Founding Fathers breaking British law - they lived under a dictatorial monarch, not a representative system of government.
Just look at the success of shall-issue CPL laws across the nation - from roughly 10 in 1987, to 37 now. The laws can be changed through political action.
And for those idiots who think this kid got what he deserved, you’re a bunch of f-ing troglodyte morons!
Dead on.
Did you overlook the first few paragraphs?
From the article:
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.
If it makes you feel any better, I don't consider your friend to be a drug dealer, even if he knew his neighbor had a bag of marijuana. I really don't know if he "deserved" what he got -- and no one deserves to get raped in prison. No one.
"If our children bought weed, they would be just as guilty as the dealer."
Wrong. If an adult bought weed, he's just as guily of breaking the law as the dealer. But not a child. Anyone who preys on the desires of children is scum.
caused a signifigant destruction of our 4th amendment rights;
Funded the proliferation of street gang violence resulting in hundreds of murders every year;
Resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent bystanders, many at the hand of law enforcement officers;
Incarcerated millions of non-violent people;
Caused staggering increases in property crime by people stealilng to pay the artificially inflated price of contraband;
Cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars in enforcment and incarcertaion costs;
Created widespread distrust and open contempt for government by many;
What the war on Drugs has NOT done:
decrease the production, importation or consumption of drugs one iota. Drugs are cheaper and more plentiful than ever before.
And I'm the one that brought it up!
From the article
Uh Kenny, look at those first few paragraphs. Not a quotation mark amongst those paragraphs.
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.
The above three paragraphs are the writer's own words and thoughts and not the actual words of the Alachua County jail.
Exuse me for be being skeptical, but Gainesville is the home of the University of Florida, and I would have no doubt that the writer of this article is a graduate of that University, using this job as a resume to "bigger and better" things such as getting a job at the Wash Compost or NYT.
Also take a look at the map of the 2000 Presidential election, Alachua County(home of the University of Florida) went for Gore.
I don't use or condone the use of drugs or alcohol.
But people like you should die.
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