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I think some of the exampled cited in this article are urban legend. Inmates "owning" other inmates, dressing them up like women and renting them by the hour? C'mon! But having read several books on prison life, I have no doubt that homosexual rape and other forms of sexual harrassment in prison are fairly common. None of this should be tolerated, of course. All our prison inmates serving out a sentence should be treated humanely and should not be put in a position where they can be raped or sexually abused. Any prison inmate engaging in predatory sexual behavior should have his prison term extended and be locked in a cell 24/7 for the duration. By removing these animals from the general population, the other inmates will be able to serve out their sentences with some dignity and hopefully have the chance to return to society reformed, and without a lot of emotional baggage.