Posted on 08/20/2005 11:18:38 AM PDT by neverdem
As that emminent Philospher Forrest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does!"
Your probably better off not knowing it. it is just gross.
Amazing how many Freepers complain endlessly about how screwed up the government and courts are, but never stop to think that as a result, something like this might well happen to them. Especially the firearms owners, who in many states run increasing risk of imprisonment every day simply by carrying out day-to-day activities with firearms in their posession or in their vehicles.
A subset of conservative "Christians" that I call Old Testament Retributionists seem to be the primary offenders. God is on their side, after all, so who cares what happens to those other people.
I think they should attempt to establish order in prison and try to reduce rape but it does serve as a form of deterrance. If you don't want to do hard time, don't do the crime.
... with one hand tied behind his back?
He also had a stack of money.
He had his boyfriend in there, too.
Richard Speck?
And so are our children, especially those of slight builds. I'm totally against prison rape, especially in a country such as ours.
I knew a strong manic depressive man who ended up in prison (not uncommon for people with that in the manic stage) who claimed he killed a guy in prison who attempted to rape him, if his story is true. Manic depressives also sometimes have a tendency to exaggerate and make up things.
I'm thinking of my granddaughter's boyfriend who did time for traffic violations. He's very slightly built, and I was worried while he did some time.
My son also landed in prison for domestic altercations (most at the instigation of his hysterical girlfriend/wife) a few times. Her dad is a detective. She assaults his new girlfriend and was in trouble with the law, but I don't think she did prison time for it. The first time she and her mother attacked him at a ski resort (all had been drinking unfortunately), and he was the one who went to jail. I don't think anything happened to him; he's big and strong.
The next prison rape could be you or someone you love for a relatively minor offense under the law or, like the poster to whom this is addressed, a fuzzy or false accusation.
I was shocked to read a book in college about how rampant lesbian aggression is in prison, too, and that was back in the 70's.
Have our prisons always been like that?
The campaign against prison rape is one that Chuck Colson has long supported. He is putting his faith in Jesus into action.
which contributes to industry of murder and slavery thereby making the user and purchaser part of the killing
"Especially the firearms owners, who in many states run increasing risk of imprisonment every day simply by carrying out day-to-day activities with firearms in their posession or in their vehicles."
Excellent point. 5 years in the joint in some states for "high capacity" mags. 5 years. Insane.
"Your probably better off not knowing it. it is just gross."
Does it involve rape?
Parsell should have been lucky the clerk didn't have a real gun and blew him away to Kingdom Come.
Prisoners get what they deserve, maybe they'll think twice about committing crimes.
It has been established that prison rape turns non-violent offenders into violent, vengeful rapists of women when they get out. Having been hurt and humiliated, they seek to reestablish their manhood by violently abusing someone else. Any minimal "deterrence" it offers is not worth the cost to society.
Two points:
1. we should try to reduce prison rape for the reasons you stated and for humane reasons
2. but it does serve a useful purpose as a deterrance. Fear of rape is probably the number one fear someone has of going to prison.
every time a thread on this comes up,you get the people who say who cares.Its the attitude of sickos,no true conservative would condone or joke about this
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