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==No Escape==
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===Male Rape in US Prisons===
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'''A Human Rights Watch Report - April 2001'''
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==Preface==
 
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I've been sentenced for a D.U.I. offense.  My 3rd one.  When I first came to prison, I had no idea what to expect. Certainly none of this. I'm a tall white male, who unfortunately has a small amount of feminine characteristics.  And very shy. These characteristics have got me raped so many times I have no more feelings physically. I have been raped by up to 5 black men and two white men at a time.  I've had knifes at my  head and throat.  I had fought and been beat so hard that I didn't ever  think I'd see straight again.  One time when I refused to enter a cell, I  was brutally attacked by staff and taken to segragation though I had  only wanted to prevent the same and worse by not locking    up with my cell mate.  There is no supervision after lockdown.  I was  given a conduct report.  I explained to the hearing officer what the  issue was.  He told me that off the record, he suggests I find a man I  would/could willingly have sex with to prevent these things from  happening.  I've requested protective custody only to be denied.  It is not available here.  He also said there was no where to run to, and it  would be best for me to accept things... I probably have [[AIDS]] now. I have great difficulty raising food to my mouth from shaking after  nightmares or thinking to hard on all this . . . . I've laid down  without physical fight to be sodomized. To prevent so much damage in  struggles, ripping and tearing.  Though in not fighting, it caused my  heart and spirit to be raped as well. Something I don't know if I'll ever forgive myself for.  
I've been sentenced for a D.U.I. offense.  My 3rd one.  When I first came to prison, I had no idea what to expect. Certainly none of this. I'm a tall white male, who unfortunately has a small amount of feminine characteristics.  And very shy. These characteristics have got me raped so many times I have no more feelings physically. I have been raped by up to 5 black men and two white men at a time.  I've had knifes at my  head and throat.  I had fought and been beat so hard that I didn't ever  think I'd see straight again.  One time when I refused to enter a cell, I  was brutally attacked by staff and taken to segragation though I had  only wanted to prevent the same and worse by not locking    up with my cell mate.  There is no supervision after lockdown.  I was  given a conduct report.  I explained to the hearing officer what the  issue was.  He told me that off the record, He suggests I find a man I  would/could willingly have sex with to prevent these things from  happening.  I've requested protective custody only to be denied.  It is not available here.  He also said there was no where to run to, and it  would be best for me to accept things . . . . I probably have AIDS now.   I have great difficulty raising food to my mouth from shaking after  nightmares or thinking to hard on all this . . . . I've laid down  without physical fight to be sodomized. To prevent so much damage in  struggles, ripping and tearing.  Though in not fighting, it caused my  heart and spirit to be raped as well. Something I don't know if I'll ever forgive myself for.  
 
 
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The letter excerpted above was one of the first to reach Human Rights Watch in response to a small announcement posted in Prison Legal News and Prison Life Magazine,  two publications with a wide audience in U.S. prisons.  Having been  alerted to the problem of prisoner-on-prisoner rape in the United States  by the work of activists like Stephen Donaldson of the organization  Stop Prisoner Rape, we had decided to conduct exploratory research into  the topic and had put a call out to prisoners for information.  The  resulting deluge of letters--many of which included compelling firsthand  descriptions such as this--convinced us that the issue merited urgent  attention.  Rape, by prisoners' accounts, was no aberrational  occurrence; instead it was a deeply-rooted, systemic problem.  It was  also a problem that prison authorities were doing little to address.  The present report--the product of three years of research and well  over a thousand inmate letters--describes the complex dynamics of male  prisoner-on-prisoner sexual abuse in the United States.  The report is  an effort to explain why and how such abuse occurs, who commits it and  who falls victim to it, what are its effects, both physical and  psychological, how are prison authorities coping with it and, most  importantly, what reforms can be instituted to better prevent it from  occurring.
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The letter excerpted above was one of the first to reach [[Human Rights Watch]] in response to a small announcement posted in Prison Legal News and Prison Life Magazine,  two publications with a wide audience in U.S. prisons.  Having been  alerted to the problem of prisoner-on-prisoner rape in the United States  by the work of activists like Stephen Donaldson of the organization  Stop Prisoner Rape, we had decided to conduct exploratory research into  the topic and had put a call out to prisoners for information.  The  resulting deluge of letters--many of which included compelling firsthand  descriptions such as this--convinced us that the issue merited urgent  attention.  Rape, by prisoners' accounts, was no aberrational  occurrence; instead it was a deeply-rooted, systemic problem.  It was  also a problem that prison authorities were doing little to address.  The present report--the product of three years of research and well  over a thousand inmate letters--describes the complex dynamics of male  prisoner-on-prisoner sexual abuse in the United States.  The report is  an effort to explain why and how such abuse occurs, who commits it and  who falls victim to it, what are its effects, both physical and  psychological, how are prison authorities coping with it and, most  importantly, what reforms can be instituted to better prevent it from  occurring...
 
 
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==See Also==
 
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*[http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2005/09/hitchens200509 The Scandalous Brutality of US Prisons] - Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair 5 September 2005
 
*[http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2005/09/hitchens200509 The Scandalous Brutality of US Prisons] - Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair 5 September 2005
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_rape_in_the_United_States Prison rape in the US] - Wikipedia page
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_rape_in_the_United_States Prison rape in the US] - Wikipedia page
 
 
 
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Preface

I've been sentenced for a D.U.I. offense. My 3rd one. When I first came to prison, I had no idea what to expect. Certainly none of this. I'm a tall white male, who unfortunately has a small amount of feminine characteristics. And very shy. These characteristics have got me raped so many times I have no more feelings physically. I have been raped by up to 5 black men and two white men at a time. I've had knifes at my head and throat. I had fought and been beat so hard that I didn't ever think I'd see straight again. One time when I refused to enter a cell, I was brutally attacked by staff and taken to segragation though I had only wanted to prevent the same and worse by not locking up with my cell mate. There is no supervision after lockdown. I was given a conduct report. I explained to the hearing officer what the issue was. He told me that off the record, he suggests I find a man I would/could willingly have sex with to prevent these things from happening. I've requested protective custody only to be denied. It is not available here. He also said there was no where to run to, and it would be best for me to accept things... I probably have AIDS now. I have great difficulty raising food to my mouth from shaking after nightmares or thinking to hard on all this . . . . I've laid down without physical fight to be sodomized. To prevent so much damage in struggles, ripping and tearing. Though in not fighting, it caused my heart and spirit to be raped as well. Something I don't know if I'll ever forgive myself for.

The letter excerpted above was one of the first to reach Human Rights Watch in response to a small announcement posted in Prison Legal News and Prison Life Magazine, two publications with a wide audience in U.S. prisons. Having been alerted to the problem of prisoner-on-prisoner rape in the United States by the work of activists like Stephen Donaldson of the organization Stop Prisoner Rape, we had decided to conduct exploratory research into the topic and had put a call out to prisoners for information. The resulting deluge of letters--many of which included compelling firsthand descriptions such as this--convinced us that the issue merited urgent attention. Rape, by prisoners' accounts, was no aberrational occurrence; instead it was a deeply-rooted, systemic problem. It was also a problem that prison authorities were doing little to address. The present report--the product of three years of research and well over a thousand inmate letters--describes the complex dynamics of male prisoner-on-prisoner sexual abuse in the United States. The report is an effort to explain why and how such abuse occurs, who commits it and who falls victim to it, what are its effects, both physical and psychological, how are prison authorities coping with it and, most importantly, what reforms can be instituted to better prevent it from occurring...

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