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Student in jail for drugs is raped
Gainesville Sun (FL) ^
| June 10. 2003
| Kathy Ciotola
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.
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To: fml
No one should be raped in prison. It's a barbaric practice, that can be stopped, or at leastr curtailed. Allowing it to continue should constitute a "cruel and unusual" punishment."
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:01:39 AM PDT
by
Guillermo
(Proud Infidel)
To: fml
Deal drugs and you don't get to always choose the company you keep.If your son were to get busted for driving with a .081 BAC, would it be OK with you if he was anally raped?
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:02:38 AM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: trebb
I misread the article btw, I thought it said charges of possessing..
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:02:46 AM PDT
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: MrLeRoy
I would say there will be a lawsuit on this one for failing to protect the prisoner. I don't believe this person shouldn't be punished for the weed but I don't think the cops shouldn't be punished either for failing to do their job. As for the rapist, I think they should cut of his fricking head and then quarter him and spread his entrails to the four corners of the earth.
To: Destructor
Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time!The legally imposed "time" did not include being anally raped.
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:03:51 AM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: Guillermo
No one should be raped at all. Prison is the last place I have sympathy for the victims of rape. You don't want to be raped in prison - stay out of trouble and stay out of prison
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:03:59 AM PDT
by
fml
Comment #47 Removed by Moderator
To: Destructor
He had no problem doing the time. It was the d**k up his @$$ that he had a problem with.
To: fml
Society doesn't sentence anyone to rape. Deal drugs and you don't get to always choose the company you keep. Kinda like throwing someone into an alligator pool: not society's fault if the aligators are hungry.
To: RaceBannon
First offenders dont go to jail,my friend, we all know that!That is a lie. I know a first offender (drug charges) who went to jail.
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:05:07 AM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: fml
You don't want to be raped in prison - stay out of trouble and stay out of prison If your son were to get busted for driving with a .081 BAC, would it be OK with you if he was anally raped?
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:05:11 AM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: Roscoe
"Lack of room at the county jail left a gainesville student to share a cell with an inmate serving time for sexual battery charges."I'm not sure why you pointed out that it's a county jail.
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:05:12 AM PDT
by
jmc813
(After two years of FReeping, I've finally created a profile page. Check it out!)
To: MrLeRoy
I think the easiest solution would be to hold the sheriff/warden/prison guard criminally and civilly liable for such attacks. Youd see prison rapes drop off dramatically.
And for those idiots who think this kid got what he deserved, youre a bunch of f-ing troglodyte morons!
To: fml
You don't want to be raped in prison - stay out of trouble and stay out of prison Gee, I'll bet they were using that line in Iraq up until recently.
To: fml
You don't want to be raped in prison - stay out of trouble and stay out of prison Do you really believe that no innocent party is every thrown in the slam?
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:06:07 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: SpaceBar
It is no joke. The WoD and prison rape are the major sources of human rights violations in the United States today. These are disgusting and tyrannical behaviors and neither belongs in this great nation that is otherwise dedicated to the dignity and freedom of humanity.
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:06:14 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
("There are no liars in our newsroom! Never!" - New York Times Bob)
To: Age of Reason; fml
Yeah...nice police state mentality from fml.
His WAY or the RAPE HIGHWAY!
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:06:36 AM PDT
by
xrp
Comment #58 Removed by Moderator
To: MrLeRoy
-If your son were to get busted for driving with a .081 BAC, would it be OK with you if he was anally raped? -
No. But if he wasn't busted he wouldn't be raped, now would he.
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:07:09 AM PDT
by
fml
To: bayou_billy
Sarcasm my friend is a technique which relies on subtle cues such as body language, facial expressions or tonal quality of the voice. Without the fake < /sarcasm> html tag or some other cue, it's rather difficult to detect sarcasm in a purely text based medium. There are enough trollers on FR to make such an absurd comment as "Serves him right for toking the demon weed" highly believable as an honest sentiment.
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posted on
06/10/2003 10:07:44 AM PDT
by
SpaceBar
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