[ArrogantBustard]

I'd rather die a man than survive as someone's woman.

Admirable ... but beside the point. Even if you were in there for murder and sentenced to death, the State has an obligation to ensure that you are not beaten, raped, or murdered while in its custody.

[ichabod1]

the State has an obligation to ensure that you are not beaten, raped, or murdered while in its custody.

Right. For Pete's sake they'll swab your arm before they give you the lethal injection to make sure you don't get an infection but they won't keep you from getting another kind of injection if you're not on death row?